SHARP APL Reference Manual

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Identifier
2025.0.5
Description
A SHARP APL manual published by I.P. Sharp Associates Limited.

Chapters:
1. Overview of SHARP APL
2. Using SHARP APL
3. Organization of the SHARP APL system
4. The syntax of APL
5. Classification of APL primitive functions and operators
6. User-defined functions
7. The workspace environment
8. The structure of data
9. Entry and display of data arrays
10. Modes of interaction at a terminal
11. Shared variables for communication between workspaces
12. The SHARP APL file system
13. Automatic trapping of errors and interrupts
14. Comparison tolerance
15. Monadic scalar functions
16. Dyadic scalar functions
17. Non-scalar primitive functions (other than system functions)
18. Branch statements
19. Monadic operators
20. Dyadic operators
21. System functions for batch tasks
22. System functions for representing and converting data
23. System functions for function definition
24. System functions for managing files
25. System functions for reporting system or workspace information
26. System functions and variables for event trapping
27. System functions for terminal input/output
28. System functions for loading a workspace
29. System functions for manipulating packages
30. Session variables
31. System variable and functions for sharing variables
32. System function and variables affecting the workspace environment
33. System commands
34. Error messages and trouble reports

Author: Paul Berry
Published: March 1979
Publication code: 79RM05
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