Alphard
alphard
language
(named after the brightest star in hydra) a pascal-like language developed by wulf, shaw and london of cmu in 1974. alphard supports data abstraction using the ‘form’, which combines a specification and an implementation.
[“abstraction and verification in alphard: defining and specifying iteration and generators”, mary shaw, cacm 20(8):553-563, aug 1977].
(1995-05-10)
historical examples
alphard is, in fact, the only bright star that we have in the constellations for this month.
astronomy for young folks isabel martin lewis
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