Editing APL (programming language) (section)

== Logo ==
[[File:BAPLA 2009 laptop bag.jpg|thumb|British APL Association (BAPLA) conference laptop bag]]
There has always been cooperation between APL vendors, and joint conferences were held on a regular basis from 1969 until 2010.<ref>APL Wiki. [https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_conference APL Conference]. Retrieved 13 Oct 2021.</ref> At such conferences, APL [[Merchandising|merchandise]] was often handed out, featuring APL motifs or collection of vendor logos. Common were apples (as a pun on the similarity in pronunciation of ''apple'' and ''APL'') and the code snippet {{code|2=apl|⍺*⎕}} which are the symbols produced by [[APL syntax and symbols#APL2 keyboard function to symbol mapping|the classic APL keyboard]] layout when holding the APL [[modifier key]] and typing "APL".

Despite all these community efforts, no universal vendor-agnostic logo for the programming language emerged. As popular programming languages increasingly have established recognisable logos, [[Fortran]] getting one in 2020,<ref>Jacob Williams. Degenerate Conic: [http://degenerateconic.com/new-blood/ New Blood]. Retrieved 13 Oct 2021.</ref> British APL Association launched a campaign in the second half of 2021, to establish such a logo for APL, and after a community election and multiple rounds of feedback, a logo was chosen in May 2022.<ref>APL Wiki. [https://aplwiki.com/wiki/APL_logo APL logo]. Retrieved 20 May 2022.</ref>