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 > > > > Quantitative Consultant > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
