ABAP programming language

Summary

ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming) is a high-level programming language created by SAP for developing business applications in the SAP environment. It is primarily used to develop applications for SAP's R/3 and ERP systems.

Paradigms

imperative

Domains

business applications, data processing

Key Features

modules, named arguments, string interpolation, reflection

Typing

static system, non-structural typing, strong typing, partial inference, compile-time checking, moderate type coercion, required type annotations

Compilation

compiled

Influenced By

COBOL, SQL

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File extensions

abap

External Links

Status	active
Type	programming
Created	1983
Designed by	SAP SE
Developed by	SAP SE SAP
PyPL Index	N/A
TIOBE Index	#39
GitHub rank	#100

ABAP

AKA Advanced Business Application Programming, ABAP/4