scratch pad

n : pad for preliminary or hasty writing or notes or sketches

etc: "scribbling block" is a British term [syn: {scribbling

block}]

Scratchpad I

A general-purpose language originally for interactive

{symbolic mathematics} by Richard Jenks, Barry Trager, Stephen

M. Watt and Robert S. Sutor of {IBM Research}, ca 1971. It

features abstract parametrised data types, {multiple

inheritance} and {polymorphism}. There were implementations

for {VM/CMS} and {AIX}.

["Scratchpad User's Manual", RA 70, IBM (June 1975)].

(1994-12-15)