< language > /A sharp/ A separable component of Version 2 of the AXIOM* computer algebra system. It provides a programming language with an optimising compiler , an intermediate code interpreter , and a library of data structures and mathematical abstraction s. The compiler produces stand-alone executable programs, object libraries in native operating system formats, portable bytecode libraries, C and Lisp source code .
The A# programming language has support for object-oriented and functional programming styles. Both types and functions are first class values that can be manipulated with a range of flexible and composable primitives and user programs. The A# language design places particular emphasis on compilation for efficient machine code and portability.
Ports have been made to various 16, 32, and 64 bit architectures: RS/6000 , SPARC , DEC Alpha , i386 , i286 , Motorola 680x0 , S 370 ; several operating system s: Linux , AIX , SunOS , HP/UX , Next , Mach and other Unix systems, OS/2 , DOS , Microsoft Windows , VMS and CMS ; C compilers: Xlc , gcc , Sun , Borland , Metaware and MIPS C.
(1995-02-07)