English Dictionary
simile
n : a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between
things of different kinds (usually formed with `like' or
`as')
English Computing Dictionary
Similix
An autoprojector (self-applicable partial evaluator) for a
higher order subset of the strict functional language Scheme.
Similix handles programs with user defined primitive abstract
data type operators which may process global variables (such
as input/output operators).
Version 5.0.
conformance: extension of large subset of R4RS Scheme.
requires: Scheme
ports: Scm, Chez Scheme
portability: high
{(ftp://ftp.diku.dk/pub/diku/dists/Similix.tar.Z)}
(1993/05/18)