cactus

n : any spiny succulent plant of the family Cactaceae native

chiefly to arid regions of the New World

Actus

{Pascal} with parallel extensions, similar to the

earlier {Glypnir}. It has parallel constants and {index

set}s. Descendants include {Parallel Pascal}, {Vector C} and

{CMU}'s language {PIE}.

["A Language for Array and Vector Processors," R.H. Perrott,

ACM TOPLAS 1(2):177-195 (Oct 1979)].

(1994-11-08)