About the APL Forge
Enhancing APL Awareness and Innovation
The APL Forge is an annual competition to enhance awareness and usage of APL in the community at large.
Submissions can be open-source libraries as well as potential commercial applications/tools:
- Libraries could solve day-to-day problems with equations from specific scientific areas, for example, a library to calculate acceleration of an object based on mass and other relevant factors in the environment. Although such tools might not be something that people want to pay for, they could help to expand the usage of APL within a certain scientific field.
- Potential commercial applications should provide solutions to problems that people are willing to pay money for. The commercial value will not impact the judging.
Prizes
After the deadline has passed, the APL Forge judging committee will assess each submission and award one or more of them a prize. Each prize comprises:
- £2,500 GBP.
- An expenses-paid opportunity to present your winning work at the next annual Dyalog user meeting.
- A commercial licence, valid for one year, and assistance from us to help you take your application into production if relevant.
Not Familiar with APL, or Want to Update Your Skills?
Whether you’re new to APL or to Dyalog, or haven’t used it in a while and want to refresh your knowledge, there are plenty of resources to help you get started (including some tips and a list of tutorials and samples).
Additional help can often be found in the APL Orchard, and we are always happy to point you to additional resources or discuss issues you are having – send us an email and someone will be in touch to help you.
All you need to get started is a free basic licence for Dyalog.
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If you have any questions, please contact us on forge@dyalog.com or send us a message.
