russell

Noun

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Noun (7)

  1. United States religious leader who founded the sect that is now called Jehovah's Witnesses (1852-1916)Synonyms: Charles Taze Russell
  2. English film director (born in 1927)Synonyms: Ken RussellHenry Kenneth Alfred Russell
  3. United States basketball center (born in 1934)Synonyms: Bill RussellWilliam Felton Russell
  4. United States entertainer remembered for her roles in comic operas (1861-1922)Synonyms: Lillian Russell
  5. United States astronomer who developed a theory of stellar evolution (1877-1957)Synonyms: Henry RussellHenry Norris Russell
  6. Irish writer whose pen name was A.E. (1867-1935)Synonyms: George William RussellA.E.
  7. English philosopher and mathematician who collaborated with Whitehead (1872-1970)Synonyms: Bertrand RussellBertrand Arthur William RussellEarl Russell
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Russell

<language> (After Bertrand Russell) A compact, polymorphically typed functional language by A. Demers & J. Donahue with bignums and continuations. Types are themselves first-class values and may be passed as arguments.

(ftp://parcftp.xerox.com/pub/russell/russell.tar.Z).

["An Informal Description of Russell", H. Boehm et al, Cornell CS TR 80-430, 1980].

["Understanding Russell: A First Attempt", J.G. Hook in LNCS 173, Springer].

(1995-03-27)

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