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Philip S. Abrams is a computer science researcher who co-authored the first implementation of the programming language APL.

APL

In 1962, Kenneth E. Iverson published his book A Programming Language, describing a mathematical notation for describing array operations in mathematics. In 1965, Abrams and Lawrence M. Breed produced a compiler that translated expressions in Iverson's APL notation into IBM 7090 machine code. In the 1970s, he was vice president of development for Scientific Time Sharing Corporation (STSC), Inc.

Selected works

• Abrams, Philip S., An APL Machine, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC), February, 1970.

References

1. ^ Shustek, Len (10 October 2012). "The APL Programming Language Source Code". Computer History Museum. Retrieved 19 April 2015.
2. "Vector, the Journal of the British APL Association". archive.vector.org.uk.
3. Abrams, Philip S. (2005-04-30). "Professional Résumé". Philipabrams.com. Philip S. Abrams. Archived from the original on 2017-09-16. Retrieved 2018-03-30.

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Features	APL syntax and symbols Direct function (dfn) Code pages Iverson bracket Rank Shared Variables
Implementations	Major Dyalog APL APL2 → APLX SHARP APL NARS → NARS2000° Dialects A → A+° APLNext → VisualAPL ELI GNU APL° J° kdb+ K, Q Polymorphic Programming Language (PPL)
Community	Professional associations Association for Computing Machinery: SIGAPL British APL Association Organizations Business Ampere Analogic Corporation APL2000 CompuServe Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) DNA Systems Dyalog Ltd. IBM I. P. Sharp Associates Kx Systems Micro Computer Machines (MCM) Science Research Associates Scientific Time Sharing Corporation (STSC) Soliton Incorporated Telecompute Integrated Systems, Inc. Time Sharing Resources (TSR) Education Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) University of Maryland People Phil Abrams Bob Bernecky Larry Breed Charles Brenner Fred Brooks Jim Brown Adin Falkoff Patrick E. Hagerty Herbert Hellerman Roger Hui Kenneth E. Iverson Dick Lathwell Eugene McDonnell Robert Metzger Roger Moore Alan Perlis John Scholes J. Henri Schueler Bob Smith Edward H. Sussenguth Jr. Arthur Whitney William Yerazunis Rodnay Zaks Iverson Award
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