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Associative Programming Language

The Associative Programming Language (APL) is a database language developed by General Motors Research Laboratories in 1966.

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Associative Programming Language

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apl set entity database specified developed language gm's pl associative access system statements based variable sets data functions manager implemented

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determining the length or type of an entityinstance ofand miscellaneous functions0.80text
or locating an entity by name.Create is a synonym for Allocateinstance ofand miscellaneous functions0.80text

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