Pecos
[pey-kuh s, -kohs] /ˈpeɪ kəs, -koʊs/
noun
1.
a river flowing SE from N New Mexico through W Texas to the Rio Grande. 735 miles (1183 km) long.
2.
a town in W Texas, near the Pecos River.
/ˈpeɪkəs; Spanish ˈpekɔs/
noun
1.
a river in the southwestern US, rising in N central New Mexico and flowing southeast to the Rio Grande. Length: about 1180 km (735 miles)
A constraint-based language, built on the object-oriented module of Le-Lisp.
[“Pecos Reference Manual”, ILOG, 1990. ILOG, 12 av Raspail, BP 7, F94251 Gentilly, France].
(1995-01-26)
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