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Polymorphic Programming Language
The Polymorphic Programming Language (PPL) was developed in 1969 at Harvard University by Thomas A. Standish. It is an interactive, extensible language with a base language similar to the language APL. The assignment operator <- (or ← ) has influenced the language S.
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The Polymorphic Programming Language (PPL) was developed in 1969 at Harvard University by Thomas A. Standish. It is an interactive, extensible language with a base language similar to the language APL. The assignment operator <- (or ← ) has influenced the language S.
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