Hi,

While not a programming per se, the architecture of the IBM/360 family of
computers was described in APL, see :

*A formal description of SYSTEM/360*. Adin D. Falkoff, Kenneth E. Iverson,
Edward H. Sussenguth


Jimmy

PS In the following document there is an explanation of why english was
preferred over APL for the official description :
https://www.cs.tufts.edu/comp/150FP/archive/alfred-spector/spector87ibm.pdf



On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 1:01 PM Roger Hui <[email protected]> wrote:

> You could say it's being/been used to describe J/APL itself.  See for
> example, *APL Since 1978 <http://doi.org/10.1145/3386319>*, esp. Appendix
> C.
>
>
> On Wed, Sep 30, 2020 at 9:41 AM Devon McCormick <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Does anyone have a link to work using J (or APL) as a tool for describing
> > or specifying programming languages?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Devon
> > --
> >
> > Devon McCormick, CFA
> >
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