APLer

English

Etymology

From APL +‎ -er.

Noun

APLer (plural APLers)

1. (computing) A programmer who uses APL.
   • 1984, Byte:

     ...his disappointment that APL was not chosen over BASIC as IBM's premier language for the PC. Having established his credentials as an APLer, though,...

   • 1985, Lib Gibson, Joshua S Levine, Robert C Metzger, Application systems in APL: how to build them right:

     This leaves two situations not covered — the repetitive task being done by an APLer, and the highly unstructured task...

   • 1986, SHARE, Proceedings: SEAS Spring Meeting 1986:

     This means that APLers can take great strides in moving APL applications towards the machine efficiencies...

   • 1995, IEEE, Computer and Control Abstracts:

     It is hoped that these transliteration programs have paved the way for communication among APLers to roll forward on the information superhighway.

Anagrams

• Alper, Pearl, lepra, paler, parle, pearl, repla