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APLer

APLer noun: a programmer who uses APL.

Noun

APLer (plural APLers)

  1. A programmer who uses APL.
    • ...his disappointment that APL was not chosen over BASIC as IBM's premier language for the PC. Having established his credentials as an APLer, though,...1984, Byte
    • This leaves two situations not covered — the repetitive task being done by an APLer, and the highly unstructured task...1985, Lib Gibson, Joshua S Levine, Robert C Metzger, Application systems in APL: how to build them right

Examples of APLer in a sentence

  • This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies...1986, SHARE, Proceedings: SEAS Spring Meeting 1986:
  • It is hoped that these transliteration programs have paved the way for communication among APLers to roll forward on the information superhighway.1995, IEEE, Computer and Control Abstracts:

Forms of APLer

pluralAPLers

Origin of APLer

From APL + -er.

Questions about APLer

What does APLer mean?
APLer means a programmer who uses APL.
How do you use APLer in a sentence?
This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies...
What part of speech is APLer?
APLer is a noun.
What is the plural of APLer?
The plural of APLer is APLers.

Words near APLer in the dictionary

  1. aplatonic
  2. aplatonics
  3. aplaviroc
  4. APLE
  5. aplenty
  6. APLer
  7. aplerotic
  8. APLers
  9. Apley
  10. Aplin
  11. aplindore

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