charade

n 1: a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous

way [syn: {parody}, {lampoon}, {spoof}, {sendup}, {mockery},

{takeoff}, {burlesque}, {travesty}, {pasquinade}]

2: a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

Charme

A language with

{discrete combinatorial constraint logic} aimed at industrial

problems such as planning and {scheduling}. Implemented in

{C} at {Bull} in 1989.

Charme is an outgrowth of ideas from {CHIP}. It is

semantically {nondeterministic}, with choice and

{backtracking}, similar to {Prolog}.

["Charme Reference Manual", AI Development Centre, Bull,

France 1990].

(1994-11-15)