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This page aims to cover in detail the history of the K dialects and their official implementations.
This page aims to cover in brief the history of the K dialects and their official implementations.


= The original K specification =
= The original K specification =
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= K2 and K3 =
= K2 and K3 =
[[K2]] and [[K3]] were the first commercially developed and supported versions of K made at [[Kx Systems]]. K3 came with a complete reference manual<ref>http://www.nsl.com/misc/k/win/k2/kreflite.pdf</ref> that consisted of the
K2 and [[K3]] were the first commercially developed and supported versions of K made at [[Kx Systems]]. K3 came with a complete reference manual<ref>http://www.nsl.com/misc/k/win/k2/kreflite.pdf</ref> that consisted of the
documentation for the entire language. kdb+ was a database system that was sold along with K that provided an in-memory database manageable using K.
documentation for the entire language. kdb+ was a database system that was sold along with K that provided an in-memory database manageable using K.
In 2003, Q was released as a "wrapper around k providing readability".
In 2003, Q was released as a "wrapper around k providing readability".