An APL Compiler

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Presents the results of an investigation into the issues raised by the

development of a compiler for APL, a very high level computer programming
language. APL presents a number of novel problems for a compiler writer:

weak variable typing, run time changes in variable shape, and a host

of primitive operations. Through the integration of several recently

developed compiler construction techniques, such as data flow analysis, and a novel and space efficient demand driven or lazy evaluation approach to

code generation, the author has been able to produce a true compiler for

the language while still maintaining the felxibility and ease that are the hallmarks of APL.