
Story: From Competitive Programming to APL
CoRecursive: Coding Stories
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The History of Programming Languages
A p l was created by a canadian, kenneth iverson, in a book called a programme language. At that time, it was a tool for teaching and had nothing to do with programming languages. The i b m three 60 is actually implemented in a p l three 60. In 19 82, bill gates was doing like a whirlwind tour of north america, and swung by ip sharp and associates in toronto. And there was a meeting between a few of the ip sharp folks and bill gates. But they didn't really see what was coming with the personal computer. So the pc that bill gates ended up creating came with basic,. not with a p l, and
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