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Source on GitHub (100hellos/apl)
docker run --rm --platform="linux/amd64" 100hellos/apl:latest
Read the repo README, or fork the project and customize it.
For an interactive shell:
docker run --rm --platform="linux/amd64" --entrypoint="" -it 100hellos/apl:latest zsh
What can I add that isn't already covered by Wikipedia:
APL (named after the book A Programming Language) is a programming language developed in the 1960s by Kenneth E. Iverson. Its central datatype is the multidimensional array. It uses a large range of special graphic symbols to represent most functions and operators, leading to very concise code. It has been an important influence on the development of concept modeling, spreadsheets, functional programming, and computer math packages. It has also inspired several other programming languages.
This container builds GNU APL 1.8 from source as Alpine doesn't yet include it in their stable distribution.
Content type
Image
Digest
sha256:595ca8057…
Size
136.1 MB
Last updated
4 months ago
docker pull 100hellos/apl