First Edition (July 1981)
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This document summarizes conventions and guidelines which are «
appropriate for APL Application Workspaces. APL Application
Workspaces are debugged APL programs (sets of defined functions)
which are regularly executed to produce results needed for i
support of development, manufacturing, and business operations.
These conventions represent generally accepted, good practices
for preparation of APL programs. However, they cannot all be
rigidly required for every APL Application Workspace. Exceptions
to these conventions may be appropriate depending on the user and
application environments. Nevertheless, this document should be
reviewed for all applicable conventions, and any exceptions
should be made on the basis of recognized need. While there are
alternatives to some of these conventions, these specific
conventions are offered as a useful set to those programmers and
installations who have not yet adopted their own.
The use of these conventions will promote a common style in
APL program code. This will contribute to ease of understanding
and allow easier transfer of maintenance responsibility. These
conventions also form a basis for guiding new APL programmers
into good prograunming habits.
The section on "Local System Conventions" should be replaced
with special considerations and requirements relevant to the
particular installation and the APL system in use.
These conventions were compiled from a number of reports
and papers and the contributions of reviewers. Special thanks
are due S. Eusebi, J. Ever, C. Fair, L. Lewis, B. Martin,
Y. Morita, P. Nicholson, R. Polivka, J. West, and C. Wilkes
for material and comments.

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Reference Number : G320-6735-0

Date Published : July 1981

Manufacturer : IBM

Format : PDF (37 pages)