Madison

n 1: 4th President of the United States; member of the

Constitutional Congress and recorder at the

Constitutional Convention in 1776; helped frame the Bill

of Rights (1751-1836) [syn: {Madison}, {James Madison}]

2: capital of the state of Wisconsin; located in the southern

part of state; site of the main branch of the University

of Wisconsin [syn: {Madison}, {capital of Wisconsin}]

Edison

1. (Named after the American inventor Thomas Edison

(1847-1931))

A simplified Pascal by Per Brinch Hansen with {modules} and

{concurrency} (cobegin/coend).

["Edison - A Multiprocessor Language", P. Brinch Hansen, CS

Dept, USC, Sep 1980].

["Programming a Personal Computer", Brinch Hansen, P-H 1977].

2. A language which adds an {OPS5}-like {rete}-based

{production system} system to {C}. It is implemented as a {C}

{preprocessor}.

["Edison, A Unix and C Friendly Rete Based Production System",

B. Thirion, SIGPLAN Notices 27(1):75-84 (Jan 1992)].

(1994-12-08)