APLer

APLer

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Etymology

Etymology tree
English APL
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āsjos
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English APLer

    From APL + -er.

    Noun

    APLer (plural APLers)

    1. (computing) A programmer who uses APL.
      • 1984, Byte:
        ...his disappointment that APL was not chosen over BASIC as IBM's premier language for the PC. Having established his credentials as an APLer, though,...
      • 1985, Lib Gibson, Joshua S Levine, Robert C Metzger, Application systems in APL: how to build them right:
        This leaves two situations not covered — the repetitive task being done by an APLer, and the highly unstructured task...
      • 1986, SHARE, Proceedings: SEAS Spring Meeting 1986:
        This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies...
      • 1995, IEEE, Computer and Control Abstracts:
        It is hoped that these transliteration programs have paved the way for communication among APLers to roll forward on the information superhighway.

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