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APL functions which enhance APL branching

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International Conference on APL archive
Proceedings of the eighth international conference on APL table of contents

Ottawa, Canada

Pages: 99 - 105

Year of Publication: 1976

Author

J. P. Dorocak

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MSSNT : Ministry of State for Science and Technology
SIGAPL: ACM Special Interest Group on APL Programming Language

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ACM New York, NY, USA

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Downloads (6 Weeks): 6, Downloads (12 Months): 11, Citation Count: 6

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ABSTRACT

APL functions are defined which improve the syntax and semantics of the APL branch mechanism. The IF-THEN, IF-THEN-ELSE, DOWHILE, DOUNTIL and DOCASE constructs are included. No compilation, interpreter alteration or special features are required by this approach.

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	1	An Empirical Study of APL Programs by Harry J. Saal and Svi Weiss, IBM Israel Scientific Center, Technion City, Haifa, Israel.
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CITED BY 6

	F. H. D. van Batenburg, L-one-two-three (L1:..L2:..L3:) considered harmful, ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, v.21 n.4, p.330-337, Aug. 1991
	Garth H. Foster, On the locus of program flow within and among secondary functions, ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, v.9 n.4, p.333-339, June 1979
	Mauro GUAZZO, APL finds its APLOMB, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.17 n.5, p.29-37, May 1982
	F. H. D. van Batenburg, New control structures in APL?, ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, v.13 n.2, December 1982
	A. P. Reeves , J. Besemer, Special control structures for APL, ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad, v.9 n.2, December 1978
	Michael L. Cook , Mark G. Arnold, A structured APL preprocessor, ACM SIGPLAN Notices, v.16 n.5, p.22-31, May 1981