AMPLE

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For ample line bundles in algebraic geometry, see ample vector bundle.

AMPLE is the name of two different programming languages.

[edit] AMPLE the Music Language

AMPLE (Advanced Music Production Language and Environment) was a FORTH-like programming language for programming the 500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the BBC Microcomputer. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies, Cambridge, England in the mid-1980s. Many AMPLE programs were published in Acorn User magazine.

[edit] AMPLE the Scripting Language

AMPLE (Advanced Multi-Purpose LanguagE) is a scripting programming language and a part of the Falcon Framework software framework developed for the Apollo/Domain computer by Mentor Graphics. It is a loosely typed C-like programming language, with for example vector types added.

As the Apollo/Domain was very popular in computer-aided engineering (especially in electronic design automation), AMPLE is still used in several Mentor Graphics applications such as Design Architect and is only slowly being obsoleted. These tools use a ported version of the Falcon Framework, adapted to run on modern Unix workstations and even Windows NT.