English Dictionary
◊ RIVAL
rival
adj : being in competition; "rival suitors"; "competing
businesses" [syn: {competing(a)}, {rival(a)}]
n : the contestant you hope to defeat; "he had respect for his
rivals"; "he wanted to know what the competition was
doing" [syn: {challenger}, {competitor}, {competition}, {contender}]
v 1: be equal to in quality or ability; "Nothing can rival
cotton for durability" [syn: {equal}, {touch}, {match}]
2: be the rival of, be in competition with; "No city can rival
Venice in beauty"
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN RIGAL?
RIGAL
A language for compiler writing. Data strucures are atoms,
lists/trees. Control is based on {pattern matching}.
["Programming Language RIGAL as a Compiler Writing Tool",
M.I. Augustson, Inst of Math and CS of Latvia U, 1987].
(1994-10-28)