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A development system from IBM that aimed to combine all their previous and diverse [[APL]] offerings into one coherent product line. Initially only available for OS/2 but eventually was available for all mini and mainframe operating systems from IBM in addition to [[Microsoft Windows]] and most Unix platforms as well. | A development system from IBM that aimed to combine all their previous and diverse [[APL]] offerings into one coherent product line. Initially only available for OS/2 but eventually was available for all mini and mainframe operating systems from IBM in addition to [[Microsoft Windows]] and most Unix platforms as well, there was also a version available for [[DOS]] that was slightly simpler than the other offerings. | ||
IBM still offers APL2 but now only in versions for the various mainframe/zSeries, [[AIX]], [[Solaris]], x86/AMD64 Linux and MS Windows. | IBM still offers APL2 but now only in versions for the various mainframe/zSeries, [[AIX]], [[Solaris]], x86/AMD64 Linux and MS Windows. | ||
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* [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/waterloo_archive/index.html An archive of APL related templates and files] | * [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/waterloo_archive/index.html An archive of APL related templates and files] | ||
* [ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/apl2/ IBM's FTP site for APL2] - Demos, fixes, and information | * [ftp://service.software.ibm.com/ps/products/apl2/ IBM's FTP site for APL2] - Demos, fixes, and information | ||
* [ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/apl2/demos/tryapl2/ APL2 for DOS demo] | |||
==Publications== | ==Publications== | ||
Revision as of 19:10, 26 March 2016
A development system from IBM that aimed to combine all their previous and diverse APL offerings into one coherent product line. Initially only available for OS/2 but eventually was available for all mini and mainframe operating systems from IBM in addition to Microsoft Windows and most Unix platforms as well, there was also a version available for DOS that was slightly simpler than the other offerings.
IBM still offers APL2 but now only in versions for the various mainframe/zSeries, AIX, Solaris, x86/AMD64 Linux and MS Windows.
Version
- Advanced version 1.0
- Entry edition
Links
- IBM APL Entry Edition Download
- Mensys Shop - APL2
- IBM's APL2 page - Product page for the current APL2 offering, no longer any OS/2 info on there, but some useful tidbits can be found if you rummage around.
- APL & APL2 typeface in TrueType and Adobe formats (OS/2 APL2 typefaces shipped only in Adobe format)
- An archive of APL related templates and files
- IBM's FTP site for APL2 - Demos, fixes, and information
- APL2 for DOS demo
Publications
- A review of IBM's APL2 for OS/2 (entry ed.) - APL Qoute Quad, Volume 25 Issue 3, March 1995 - Pages 17 - 22
Tutorials
- Zdeněk V. Jizba: TEACH0 APL/2 for OS/2 Tutorial, also available in a web format here with some additional material.
Licence
Commercial Software. Discontinued. - Advanced edition still available from Mensys in Jan 2015
Author
- IBM