We then describe our current research directions which include 1) developing transformations which map NIL programs to efficient distributed and parallel implementations; 2) including programs as first-class typed NIL objects; and 3) research toward a semantic definition of NIL.This...
definition of a syntax transformation scheme between ALDES and Modula-2; development of a translator and translation of most of the ALDES / SAC-2 libraries to Modula-2; development of a storage management system in Modula-2 with automatic garbage collection in an uncooperative environment; ...
I can see why they chose to use the ternary operator, much shorter, and didn’t need me to write “theAnswer =” twice . Nonetheless, I still find it clearer to read. For the sake of historical significance, this is from the release notes, and appears to be the function definition for...
computers ignore them. Lines410A and410B delineate a definition of a protein in a certain external database. In addition to beginning a definition block for the protein, line410contains a dataset name (here: “Swiss Prot”) and an identifier (here: “3426”). Section420defines an organism ...
of the computer system and to prevent user programs from interfering with the proper operation of the system. An even more common definition is that the operating system is the one program running at all times on the computer (usually called the kernel), with all else being application ...