APL has been used since the mid 1960s on mainframe computers and has itself evolved in step with computers and the computing market. APL is not widely used, but minimalistic and high-level by design, at several points in its history it could have captured a more significant market share, but never did. APL first appeared on large mainframe computers and, like C and Pascal, did find its way to CP/M and MS-DOS based microcomputers.

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  • APL has been used since the mid 1960s on mainframe computers and has itself evolved in step with computers and the computing market. APL is not widely used, but minimalistic and high-level by design, at several points in its history it could have captured a more significant market share, but never did. APL first appeared on large mainframe computers and, like C and Pascal, did find its way to CP/M and MS-DOS based microcomputers. Unlike C and Pascal, APL did not flourish in the microcomputer arena until hardware of sufficient computing power became commonly available. Perhaps accounting for its lack of mainstream appeal, APL's characteristics have always led to much criticism of the language. As always, such complaints may arise from misconceptions, have origins in distant APL history and be no longer be relevant today, or they may have some degree of validity. This article is concerned only with the latter two categories. Despite the recurring claims that programming talent is still a high priced commodity, the market has been loath or simply unwilling to even try the potential benefits APL has to offer. Citation needed|date=August 2008 Acceptance or rejection of APL is sometimes a highly emotionally charged issue, often with individuals on both sides of the discussion having incomplete or incorrect information. Many beginning programmers have difficulty learning APL's syntax and peculiarities (although this is not unique to APL), and even many expert programmers find APL programs difficult to maintain and debug, unless exceptional care was taken in their production.
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  • September 2009
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  • that deserves confirmation, especially since it could be a comparison between excellent APL code and poor C , which wouldn't prove APL's superiority
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  • APL has been used since the mid 1960s on mainframe computers and has itself evolved in step with computers and the computing market. APL is not widely used, but minimalistic and high-level by design, at several points in its history it could have captured a more significant market share, but never did. APL first appeared on large mainframe computers and, like C and Pascal, did find its way to CP/M and MS-DOS based microcomputers.
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  • Criticism of APL
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