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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  U.S.  Gazetteer  (1990)  [gazetteer]: 
 
  Alex,  OK  (town,  FIPS  1250) 
  Location:  34.92016  N,  97.77940  W 
  Population  (1990):  639  (294  housing  units) 
  Area:  17.3  sq  km  (land),  0.0  sq  km  (water) 
  Zip  code(s):  73002 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  Alex 
 
    1.  A  {polymorphic}  language  being  developed  by 
  Stephen  Crawley    of  Defence  Science  &  Tech 
  Org,  Australia.  Alex  has  {abstract  data  type}s,  {type 
  inference}  and  {inheritance}. 
 
  2.    An  {ISWIM}-like  language  with  {exception 
  handling}. 
 
  ["An  Exception  Handling  Construct  for  Functional  Languages", 
  M.  Brez  et  al  in  Proc  ESOP88,  LNCS  300,  Springer  1988]. 
 
  3.    A  {scanner  generator}.  {Alexis}  is  its  input 
  language. 
 
  ["Alex:  A  Simple  and  Efficient  Scanner  Generator",  H. 
  Mossenbock  SIGPLAN  Notices  21(5),  May  1986]. 
 
  (1994-12-15)




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