snapper

n 1: flesh of any of various important food fishes of warm seas

2: a party favor consisting of a paper roll (usually containing

candy or a small favor) that pops when pulled at both ends

[syn: {cracker}, {cracker bonbon}]

3: Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots

[syn: {Chrysophrys auratus}]

4: any of several large sharp-toothed marine food and sport

fishes of the family Lutjanidae of mainly tropical coastal

waters

5: large-headed turtle with powerful hooked jaws found in or

near water; prone to bite [syn: {common snapping turtle},

{Chelydra serpentina}]

Napier

Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985,

first implementation Napier88, 1988. Based on {orthogonal

persistence}, permits definition and manipulation of

namespaces.

["The Napier88 Reference Manual", R. Morrison et al, CS Depts

St Andrews U and U Glasgow, Persistent Programming Research

Report PPRR-77-89, 1989].