ABAP
| ABAP/4 | |
|---|---|
| Paradigm | Object-oriented, structured, imperative |
| Designed by | SAP SE |
| First appeared | 1983 |
| Stable release | 7.58
/ October 26, 2023 |
| Typing discipline | Static, strong, safe, nominative |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Website | community |
| Major implementations | |
| SAP R/2, SAP R/3, SAP S/4HANA | |
| Influenced by | |
| Objective-C, COBOL, SQL | |
ABAP (Advanced Business Application Programming, originally Allgemeiner Berichts-Aufbereitungs-Prozessor, German for "general report preparation processor") is a high-level programming language created by the German software company SAP SE. It is currently positioned, alongside Java, as the language for programming the SAP NetWeaver Application Server, which is part of the SAP NetWeaver platform for building business applications.