Editing A+ (programming language) (section)

== History ==

In 1985, [[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney]] created the A programming language<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://aplwiki.com/wiki/A |title=A – APL Wiki}}</ref> to replace [[APL (programming language)|APL]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aplusdev.org/About/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020619011949/http://aplusdev.org/About/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 19, 2002 |title=A+: History of A+ |website=www.aplusdev.org |access-date=2019-01-18}}</ref> Other developers at [[Morgan Stanley]] extended it to A+, adding a [[graphical user interface]] (GUI) and other language features. The GUI A+ was released in 1988.

[[Arthur Whitney (computer scientist)|Arthur Whitney]] went on to create a proprietary array language named [[K (programming language)|K]]. Like [[J (programming language)|J]], K omits the APL character set. It lacks some of the perceived complexities of A+, such as the existence of statements and two different modes of [[Syntax (programming languages)|syntax]].