Cecil
(Edgar Algernon) Robert (1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood) 1864–1958, British statesman: Nobel Peace Prize 1937.
Robert (1st Earl of Salisburyand1st Viscount Cecil of Cranborne) 1563–1612, British statesman (son of William Cecil).
Robert Arthur Talbot Gascoyne-, Salisbury (def 1).
William (1st Baron Burghley or Burleigh) 1520–98, British statesman: adviser to Elizabeth I.
a male given name: from a Latin word meaning “blind.”.
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noun
Lord David. 1902–86, English literary critic and biographer
Robert. See (3rd Marquess of) Salisbury2
William. See (William Cecil) Burghley
AN object-oriented language combining multi-methods with a classless object model, object-based encapsulation and optional static type checking. It distinguishes between subtyping and code inheritance. Includes both explicit and implicit parameterisation of objects, types, and methods.
(ftp://cs.washington.edu/pub/chambers/cecil-spec.ps.Z).
[“The Cecil Language: Specification and Rationale”, C. Chambers, TR 93-03-05, U Wash (Mar 1993)].
(1994-10-28)
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