The Howdy Glossary

The Table Producing Language (TPL) is a programming language designed to manipulate tables of data. The language is often used in scientific computing and statistical analysis, where large datasets need to be processed efficiently. TPL includes functions and syntax for operations like transforming tables through filtering, sorting, summarizing rows or columns, joining tables together, and creating new variables based on existing data. In many ways, TPL can be considered an advanced form of SQL with additional mathematical capabilities not found in typical database languages.