ALEX


Meaning of ALEX in English

< language > 1. A polymorphic language being developed by Stephen Crawley sxc@itd.dtso.oz.au of Defence Science & Tech Org, Australia. Alex has abstract data type s, type inference and inheritance .

2. < language > 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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