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An APL idiom inventory

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Howard A. PeellAuthors Info & Claims

APL '87: Proceedings of the international conference on APL: APL in transition

Pages 362 - 368

https://doi.org/10.1145/28315.28360

Published: 01 January 1987 Publication History

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An instrument is proposed for rating APL idioms. Scales include: Length □IO Independence Usefulness Efficiency Generality Clarity Simplicity Memorability Interestingness Elegance

This APL Idiom Inventory was pilot-tested by APL programmers and APL instructors who rated a dozen selected APL idioms. The results indicate which idioms they think are “useful”, “easy to learn”, “hard to remember”, “interesting”, etc. Implications for teaching and related issues are also discussed.

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APL '87: Proceedings of the international conference on APL: APL in transition

January 1987

512 pages

ISBN:0897912268

DOI:10.1145/28315

Editor:
John Haliburton

ACM SIGAPL APL Quote Quad Volume 17, Issue 4
May 1987
502 pages
ISSN:0163-6006
DOI:10.1145/384282
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Association for Computing Machinery

New York, NY, United States

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Published: 01 January 1987

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