herald

n 1: (formal) a person who announces important news; "the

chieftain had a herald who announced his arrival with a

trumpet"

2: an indication of the approach of something or someone [syn:

{harbinger}, {forerunner}, {precursor}]

v 1: foreshadow or presage [syn: {announce}, {annunciate}, {harbinger},

{foretell}]

2: praise vociferously [syn: {acclaim}, {hail}]

Emerald

An {object-oriented} distributed programming language and

environment developed at the {University of Washington} in the

early 1980s. Emeral was the successor to {EPL}. It is

{strongly typed} and uses {signature}s and {prototype}s rather

than {inheritance}.

["Distribution and Abstract Types in Emerald", A. Black et al,

IEEE Trans Soft Eng SE-13(1):65-76 (Jan 1987)].

(1994-11-09)