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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, there was also a version available for [[DOS]] that was slightly simpler than the other offerings.
IBM '''APL2''' is an array-oriented programming language and development system.


IBM still offers APL2 but now only in versions for the various mainframe/zSeries, [[AIX]], [[Solaris]], x86/AMD64 Linux and MS Windows.
It 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.
 
APL2 is available for IBM mainframes running VM or z/OS (TSO) and workstations running AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris or Windows.


==Version==
==Version==
APL2/PC
APL2/2
* Advanced Version 1.0
* Advanced Version 1.0
* Entry edition
* Entry edition
** 1.1.19 (May 2001)
APL2 for Windows
* 1.08 (May 2001)
Workstation APL2 Version 2
* 2019: Service Level 25
* 2019: Service Level 26 - for Windows (no updates for AIX, Linux and Solaris)
==Licence==
*Commercial Software


==Links==
==Links==
* [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/dev/misc&file=apldemo.zip IBM APL Entry Edition Download]
* [https://www.ibm.com/us-en/marketplace/apl2 IBM APL2] (Product page)
* [http://www-03.ibm.com/software/products/en/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.
* [ftp://ftp.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/ TryAPL2] - Demo (1992)
* IBM APL2 for OS/2 Entry Edition: [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/dev/misc/apldemo.zip apldemo.zip]
 
* [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/QuoteQuad/index.htm APL & APL2 typeface in TrueType and Adobe formats] (OS/2 APL2 typefaces shipped only in Adobe format)
* [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/QuoteQuad/index.htm APL & APL2 typeface in TrueType and Adobe formats] (OS/2 APL2 typefaces shipped only in Adobe format)
* [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://ftp.software.ibm.com/ps/products/apl2/demos/tryapl2/ APL2 for DOS demo]


==Publications==
;Tutorials
* A review of IBM's APL2 for OS/2 (entry ed.) - APL Qoute Quad, Volume 25 Issue 3, March 1995 - Pages 17 - 22
* A review of IBM's APL2 for OS/2 (entry ed.) - APL Qoute Quad, Volume 25 Issue 3, March 1995 - Pages 17 - 22
* [[Zdeněk V. Jizba]]: [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/dev/misc&file=teach.zip TEACH0 APL/2 for OS/2 Tutorial], also available in a web format [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/waterloo_archive/apl/workspaces/tutorials/jizba/index.html here with some additional material].
* [[Zdeněk V. Jizba]]: [http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-viewer.php?dir=/pub/os2/dev/misc&file=teach.zip TEACH0 APL/2 for OS/2 Tutorial], also available with [http://www.sigapl.org/Archives/waterloo_archive/apl/workspaces/tutorials/jizba/index.html additional material].
 
==Licence==
*Commercial Software - Discontinued
*Author: IBM


[[Category:APL]][[Category:IBM Products]]
[[Category:APL]][[Category:IBM Products]]

Revision as of 15:52, 9 October 2019

IBM APL2 is an array-oriented programming language and development system.

It 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.

APL2 is available for IBM mainframes running VM or z/OS (TSO) and workstations running AIX, Linux, Sun Solaris or Windows.

Version

APL2/PC

APL2/2

  • Advanced Version 1.0
  • Entry edition
    • 1.1.19 (May 2001)

APL2 for Windows

  • 1.08 (May 2001)

Workstation APL2 Version 2

  • 2019: Service Level 25
  • 2019: Service Level 26 - for Windows (no updates for AIX, Linux and Solaris)

Licence

  • Commercial Software

Links

Tutorials