ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a programming language for developing applications for the SAP R/3 system, a widely-installed business application subsystem. The latest version, ABAP Objects, is object-oriented programming. SAP will run applications written using ABAP/4, the earlier ABAP version, as well as applications using ABAP Objects.
SAP's original business model for R/3 was developed before the idea of an object-oriented model was widespread. The transition to the object-oriented model reflects an increased customer demand for it. ABAP Objects uses a single inheritance model and full support for object features such as encapsulation, polymorphism, and persistence.
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Monday, December 3, 2007
BASIC
Sunday, December 2, 2007
What does ABAP stand for?
ABAP stood originally for "Allgemeiner Berichtsanalyseprozessor". Then, when the company turned international, they created an English "backronym" for ABAP - Advanced Business Application Programming, as we know it. So far, so good, this is not uncommon.
The funny thing is that the original German name translates to "Common Report Analysis Processor".
So, why didn't they just use the acronym for that to name their programming language?
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