Editing K (programming language) (section)

{{Short description|Programming language}}
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{{Infobox programming language
| name = K
| logo = 
| paradigm = [[Array programming|array]], [[Functional programming|functional]]
| year = {{Start date and age|1993
}}
| designer = [[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney ]]
| developer = Kx Systems
| latest release version = 
| latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|2018}} -->
| typing = [[Type system|dynamic]], [[Strong and weak typing|strong]]
| website = {{URL|kx.com}}
| implementations = 
| dialects = 
| influenced by = [[A+ (programming language)|A+]], [[APL (programming language)|APL]], [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]
| influenced = [[Q (programming language from Kx Systems)|Q]], [https://shakti.com/ Shakti]
}}

'''K''' is a proprietary [[Array data structure|array]] processing programming language developed by [[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney]] and commercialized by [[Kx Systems]]. The language serves as the foundation for [[kdb+]], an in-memory, column-based [[database]], and other related financial products.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://kx.com/| title=Kx Systems}}</ref> The language, originally developed in 1993, is a variant of [[APL (programming language)|APL]] and contains elements of [[Scheme (programming language)|Scheme]]. Advocates of the language emphasize its speed, facility in handling arrays, and expressive syntax.<ref>{{cite web|first=Kenneth|last=Iverson|title=Notation as a Tool of Thought|url=http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm|access-date=2015-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130920071911/http://www.jsoftware.com/papers/tot.htm|archive-date=2013-09-20|url-status=dead}}</ref>