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APLer en · NOUN

Etymology

From APL + -er.

Meanings

1. A programmer who uses APL.
   • ...his disappointment that APL was not chosen over BASIC as IBM's premier language for the PC. Having established his credentials as an APLer, though,... 1984, Byte:
   • It is hoped that these transliteration programs have paved the way for communication among APLers to roll forward on the information superhighway. 1995, IEEE, Computer and Control Abstracts:
   • This leaves two situations not covered — the repetitive task being done by an APLer, and the highly unstructured task... 1985, Lib Gibson, Joshua S Levine, Robert C Metzger, Application systems in APL: how to build them right:
   • This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies... 1986, SHARE, Proceedings: SEAS Spring Meeting 1986:

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