Alex

    1. A polymorphic language being developed by
   Stephen Crawley  of Defence Science & Tech
   Org, Australia.  Alex has abstract data types, type
   inference and inheritance.

   2.  An ISWIM-like language with exception
   handling.

   ["An Exception Handling Construct for Functional Languages",
   M. Brez et al, in Proc ESOP88, LNCS 300, Springer 1988].

   3.  A scanner generator.  Alexis is its input
   language.

   ["Alex: A Simple and Efficient Scanner Generator", H.
   Mossenbock, SIGPLAN Notices 21(5), May 1986].

   (1994-12-15)

	

	Alex, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    635
   Housing Units (2000): 294
   Land area (2000):     6.673150 sq. miles (17.283378 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.673150 sq. miles (17.283378 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            01250
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             34.915343 N, 97.779711 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     73002
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Alex, OK
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