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April: APL Compiling to Common Lisp
Sengul, Andrew
This paper demonstrates the April APL compiler (code hosted at https://github.com/phantomics/april). April compiles a subset of the APL language into Common Lisp, allowing APL’s terse, efficient syntax to be leveraged for array processing and mathematical operations within a Common Lisp program. Along with the compiler April includes a suite of specification tools making it easy to extend the language, allowing for a uniquely flexible development approach. Released under the permissive Apache 2.0 license, April has been leveraged in a graphical display hardware startup and a variety of applications including statistical analysis, vector graphics and terminal interfaces.
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- Publication date:
- March 21, 2022
- DOI:
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- Keyword(s):
- Demo, Compiler, Array, DSL, APL, Lisp, Linear Algebra, Vector Languages, Interoperability.
- Meeting:
- The 15th European Lisp Symposium (ELS'22), FEUP, Universidade do Porto, 21-22 March 2022
- Related identifiers:
- Compiles
- 2677-3465 (ISSN)
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- License (for files):
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International