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versions of APL
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APL\360 for IBM 360, source code available
APL\1130 for IBM 1130 the original, keys are problematic
APL\1500 for IBM 1500 Instructional System
APL*Plus for IBM 360, with language extensions, made by STSC
APL\700 for Burroughs B6700 and B7700
APL\5500 for Burroughs B5500 (written in ALGOL)
APL\3000 for HP 3000 Series
CDC APL2 for Control Data 6000 series
CP-6 APL for Honeywell
MCM/APL for the MCM/70, APL symbols are on keyboard
APLSV for IBM 5100 (emulates IBM 360/370)
DDPX APL for IBM 8100
Xerox APL for Xerox 560 and Sigma /6/7/9 Control Program-V
APL*Cyber for Control Data Cyber 70 and 6000 series on KRONOS
APL*Myriade for TI/990
APL\11 Unix for PDP 11 running on Unix, source code available no special chars
multiple versions of APL\11 have been found and dated
original Ken Thompson version was created at Bell Labs
earliest known version works on Unix v5 (version 2-E nov 75_1)
binary only 53628 bytes, pure executable
source code is not available
earlier Yale version for Unix v6 (14 oct 76) has bizarre syntax which is
very different from all following versions:
e.g. - is used for multiply, = is used for division
various improvements by John Levine at Yale for Unix v6 (25 Feb 1977, 11 Apr 1977)
The 25 Feb 1977 version was able to run under Unix v7
First Purdue version appeared 2 Sept 1977
additional improvements by Jim Besemer at Purdue (09 feb 1979)
1 june 1979 version runs on Vax 11/780 with 3BSD
by Ken Thompson, Ross Harvey and Douglas Lanam
/usr/src/new/PORT/apl.tar.Z is from 211.BSD worked on by John D Bruner at
Lawrence Livermore Laboratory and Anthony P Reeves at Cornell (06 may 1982)
/usr/src/new/apl/apl.vax/ files are from 4.3BSD-Tahoe which will also
run under 4.3BSD Quasijarus (06 may 1982) with minor differences
apl11.tar.gz is the Micheal Cain version (12 nov 1992), runs on early Linux
his has been compiled on fc1 using an old version of gcc
APL4Amiga.lha will run on 68K amigas with 2.04 or newer rom
amiga version has some issues: )edit and )shell do not work
based on Cain version
openAPL for Linux (compiles on fc1) derived from APL\11, source code available
requires X, will not compile on modern Linux special chars only
(C) Branko Bratkovic 1998, 1999, licensed under GPL
APL-11 RT11 for PDP 11 running on RT-11 operating system, source code available
APLSF for TOPS-10/TOPS-20 (also called APL-20)
APL/S for VideoBrain Family Computer 1977
APL2/6000 for IBM RISC System 6000
APL2/Win for Windows PCs 2008 (look at apl idioms)
APL2/370 for IBM S/370 mainframes
APL2/PC for IBM PCs running DOS
APL/PC for msdos, shareware by Sharp Associates 1988
APLIPC for PCs running MSDOS by Iverson Software 1991
APLSE for msdos, apl plus special edition 1992, run aplfont then aplse, made by manugistics
Sharp APL for Linux by Soliton Associates 1999 modal, can use chars or ascii
CAP2DOS for msdos, also available for early linux
shareware by Thomas Glen Smith 1992
MicroAPL for Commodore SuperPET 1981
APL.68000 for Amiga, Atari ST, Mac, original version by Phil Van Cleave
VAX APL for VMS
APL-80 for TRS-80 Model 1, by Softside Inc
APL-80 for TRS-80 Model III, version 3.0, written by Phelps Gates
TIS APL for Z80-based systems
APL/Z for Altair Z80 CP/M no special chars, keys are problematic
by S. Gownowicz
using cpm-apl.sh to activate
switch to b: and type apl
see aplz.txt for more info
APLV80 also for Altair Z80 CP/M
apl/v80 3.2, ws size%25606
1977 by vanguard systems corporation
I-APL the free APL interpreter for MSDOS, BBC Acorn & Archimedes, Atari ST
by Paul Chapman 1988 modal, can use chars or ascii
book available: I-APL Instruction Manual for PC clones
iapl ? for options
APL System an APL interpreter for IBM PCs running DOS or Linux, source code available
version 0.4 by Bernd-Gunter Nitzler 1996
WatAPL Commodore SuperPET, IBM PC, IBM JX PC, Digital VAX, and IBM VM/CMS versions exist
by Watcom (see also MicroAPL)
recently a version of Android running on gDOSBOX has appeared
Modern APL reimplementations and APL-like languages
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Dyalog APL for Linux, Windows
APLX for Linux, can export to ATF
based on IBM's APL2
Aplus for Linux, source code available modal, can use chars or ascii
NARS2000 for Windows
J for Linux, source code available no special chars
elix for Linux, Windows no special chars