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! Abelson, Harold B-tree C
in names
"
(double quote)
λ calculus,
see
lambda calculus
⟼ notation for mathematical function
π ,
see
pi
Σ (sigma) notation
θ
,
see
theta
'
(single quote)
read
and
,
[2]
*
(primitive multiplication procedure)
+
(primitive addition procedure)
,
(comma, used with backquote)
-
(primitive subtraction procedure)
as negation
/
(primitive division procedure)
<
(primitive numeric comparison predicate)
=
(primitive numeric equality predicate)
=number?
=zero?
(generic)
for polynomials
>
(primitive numeric comparison predicate)
>=
,
[2]
?
, in predicate names
#f
#t
`
(backquote)
;
,
see
semicolon
abs
,
[2]
,
[3]
absolute value
abstract data
,
see also
data abstraction
abstract models for data
abstract syntax
in metacircular evaluator
in query interpreter
abstraction,
see also
means of abstraction; data abstraction; higher-order procedures
common pattern and
metalinguistic
procedural
in register-machine design
of search in nondeterministic programming
abstraction barriers
,
[2]
,
[3]
in complex-number system
in generic arithmetic system
accelerated-sequence
accumulate
,
[2]
same as
fold-right
accumulate-n
accumulator
,
[2]
Áchárya, Bháscara
Ackermann's function
acquire a mutex
actions, in register machine
actual-value
Ada
recursive procedures
Adams, Norman I., IV
add
(generic)
used for polynomial coefficients
,
[2]
add-action!
,
[2]
add-binding-to-frame!
add-complex
add-complex-to-schemenum
add-interval
add-lists
add-poly
add-rat
add-rule-or-assertion!
add-streams
add-terms
add-to-agenda!
,
[2]
add-vect
addend
adder
full
half
ripple-carry
adder
(primitive constraint)
additivity
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
address
address arithmetic
Adelman, Leonard
adjoin-arg
adjoin-set
binary-tree representation
ordered-list representation
unordered-list representation
for weighted sets
adjoin-term
,
[2]
advance-pc
after-delay
,
[2]
agenda,
see
digital-circuit simulation
A'h-mose
algebra, symbolic,
see
symbolic algebra
algebraic expression
differentiating
representing
simplifying
algebraic specification for data
Algol
block structure
call-by-name argument passing
,
[2]
thunks
,
[2]
weakness in handling compound objects
algorithm
optimal
probabilistic
,
[2]
aliasing
all-regs
(compiler)
Allen, John
alternative of
if
always-true
amb
amb
evaluator,
see
nondeterministic evaluator
ambeval
an-element-of
an-integer-starting-from
analog computer
analyze
metacircular
nondeterministic
analyze-...
metacircular
,
[2]
nondeterministic
analyze-amb
analyzing evaluator
as basis for nondeterministic evaluator
let
and
(query language)
evaluation of
,
[2]
,
[3]
and
(special form)
evaluation of
why a special form
with no subexpressions
and-gate
and-gate
angle
data-directed
polar representation
rectangular representation
with tagged data
angle-polar
angle-rectangular
announce-output
APL
Appel, Andrew W.
append
,
[2]
,
[3]
as accumulation
append!
vs.
with arbitrary number of arguments
as register machine
“what is” (rules) vs. “how to” (procedure)
append!
as register machine
append-instruction-sequences
,
[2]
append-to-form
(rules)
application?
applicative-order evaluation
in Lisp
normal order vs.
,
[2]
,
[3]
apply
(lazy)
apply
(metacircular)
primitive
apply
vs.
apply
(primitive procedure)
apply-dispatch
modified for compiled code
apply-generic
with coercion
,
[2]
with coercion by raising
with coercion of multiple arguments
with coercion to simplify
with message passing
with tower of types
apply-primitive-procedure
,
[2]
,
[3]
apply-rules
arbiter
arctangent
argl
register
argument passing,
see
call-by-name argument passing; call-by-need argument passing
argument(s)
arbitrary number of
,
[2]
delayed
Aristotle's
De caelo
(Buridan's commentary on)
arithmetic
address arithmetic
generic
,
see also
generic arithmetic operations
on complex numbers
on intervals
on polynomials,
see
polynomial arithmetic
on power series
,
[2]
on rational numbers
primitive procedures for
articles
ASCII code
assemble
,
[2]
assembler
,
[2]
assert!
(query interpreter)
assertion
implicit
assign
(in register machine)
simulating
storing label in register
assign-reg-name
assign-value-exp
assignment
,
see also
set!
benefits of
bugs associated with
,
[2]
costs of
assignment operator
,
see also
set!
assignment-value
assignment-variable
assignment?
assoc
atan
(primitive procedure)
atomic operations supported in hardware
atomic requirement for
test-and-set!
attach-tag
using Scheme data types
augend
automagically
automatic search
,
see also
search
history of
automatic storage allocation
average
average damping
average-damp
averager
(constraint)
backquote
backtracking
,
see also
nondeterministic computing
Backus, John
Baker, Henry G., Jr.
balanced binary tree
,
see also
binary tree
balanced mobile
bank account
,
[2]
exchanging balances
joint
,
[2]
joint, modeled with streams
joint, with concurrent access
password-protected
serialized
stream model
transferring money
barrier synchronization
Barth, John
Basic
restrictions on compound data
weakness in handling compound objects
Batali, John Dean
begin
(special form)
implicit in consequent of
cond
and in procedure body
begin-actions
begin?
below
,
[2]
Bertrand's Hypothesis
beside
,
[2]
bignum
binary numbers, addition of,
see
adder
binary search
binary tree
balanced
converting a list to a
converting to a list
for Huffman encoding
represented with lists
sets represented as
table structured as
bind
binding
deep
binomial coefficients
black box
block structure
,
[2]
in environment model
in query language
blocked process
body of a procedure
Bolt Beranek and Newman Inc.
Borning, Alan
Borodin, Alan
bound variable
box-and-pointer notation
end-of-list marker
branch
(in register machine)
simulating
branch of a tree
branch-dest
breakpoint
broken heart
bug
capturing a free variable
order of assignments
side effect with aliasing
bureaucracy
Buridan, Jean
busy-waiting
compiling Scheme into
error handling
,
[2]
recursive procedures
restrictions on compound data
Scheme interpreter written in
,
[2]
ca
...
r
cache-coherence protocols
cadr
calculator, fixed points with
call-by-name argument passing
,
[2]
call-by-need argument passing
,
[2]
memoization and
call-each
cancer of the semicolon
canonical form, for polynomials
capturing a free variable
car
(primitive procedure)
axiom for
implemented with vectors
as list operation
origin of the name
procedural implementation of
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
Carmichael numbers
,
[2]
case analysis
data-directed programming vs.
general
,
see also
cond
with two cases (
if
)
cd
...
r
cdr
(primitive procedure)
axiom for
implemented with vectors
as list operation
origin of the name
procedural implementation of
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
cdr
down a list
cell, in serializer implementation
celsius-fahrenheit-converter
expression-oriented
center
Cesàro, Ernesto
cesaro-stream
cesaro-test
Chaitin, Gregory
Chandah-sutra
change and sameness
meaning of
shared data and
changing money,
see
counting change
chaos in the Solar System
Chapman, David
character strings
primitive procedures for
,
[2]
quotation of
character, ASCII encoding
Charniak, Eugene
Chebyshev, Pafnutii L'vovich
chess, eight-queens puzzle
,
[2]
chip implementation of Scheme
,
[2]
chronological backtracking
Chu Shih-chieh
Church numerals
Church, Alonzo
,
[2]
Church-Turing thesis
circuit
digital,
see
digital-circuit simulation
modeled with streams
,
[2]
Clark, Keith L.
clause, of a
cond
additional syntax
Clinger, William
,
[2]
closed world assumption
closure
in abstract algebra
closure property of
cons
closure property of picture-language operations
,
[2]
lack of in many languages
coal, bituminous
code
ASCII
fixed-length
Huffman,
see
Huffman code
Morse
prefix
variable-length
code generator
arguments of
value of
coeff
,
[2]
coercion
in algebraic manipulation
in polynomial arithmetic
procedure
table
Colmerauer, Alain
combination
combination as operator of
compound expression as operator of
evaluation of
lambda
expression as operator of
as operator of combination
as a tree
combination, means of
,
see also
closure
comma, used with backquote
comments in programs
Common Lisp
treatment of
nil
compacting garbage collector
compilation,
see
compiler
compile
compile-and-go
,
[2]
compile-and-run
compile-application
compile-assignment
compile-definition
compile-if
compile-lambda
compile-linkage
compile-proc-appl
compile-procedure-call
compile-quoted
compile-self-evaluating
compile-sequence
compile-time environment
,
[2]
,
[3]
open coding and
compile-variable
compiled-apply
compiled-procedure-entry
compiled-procedure-env
compiled-procedure?
compiler
interpreter vs.
,
[2]
tail recursion, stack allocation, and garbage-collection
compiler for Scheme
,
see also
code generator; compile-time environment; instruction sequence; linkage descriptor; target register
analyzing evaluator vs.
,
[2]
assignments
code generators,
see
compile-...
combinations
conditionals
definitions
efficiency
example compilation
explicit-control evaluator vs.
,
[2]
,
[3]
expression-syntax procedures
interfacing to evaluator
label generation
lambda
expressions
lexical addressing
linkage code
machine-operation use
monitoring performance (stack use) of compiled code
,
[2]
,
[3]
open coding of primitives
,
[2]
order of operand evaluation
procedure applications
quotations
register use
,
[2]
,
[3]
running compiled code
scanning out internal definitions
,
[2]
self-evaluating expressions
sequences of expressions
stack usage
,
[2]
,
[3]
structure of
tail-recursive code generated by
variables
complex
package
complex numbers
polar representation
rectangular representation
rectangular vs. polar form
represented as tagged data
complex->complex
complex-number arithmetic
interfaced to generic arithmetic system
structure of system
composition of functions
compound data, need for
compound expression
,
see also
combination; special form
as operator of combination
compound procedure
,
see also
procedure
used like primitive procedure
compound query
processing
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
compound-apply
compound-procedure?
computability
,
[2]
computational process
,
see also
process
computer science
,
[2]
mathematics vs.
,
[2]
concrete data representation
concurrency
correctness of concurrent programs
deadlock
functional programming and
mechanisms for controlling
cond
(special form)
additional clause syntax
clause
evaluation of
if
vs.
implicit
begin
in consequent
cond->if
cond-actions
cond-clauses
cond-else-clause?
cond-predicate
cond?
conditional expression
cond
if
congruent modulo
n
conjoin
connect
,
[2]
connector(s), in constraint system
operations on
representing
Conniver
cons
(primitive procedure)
axiom for
closure property of
implemented with mutators
implemented with vectors
as list operation
meaning of the name
procedural implementation of
,
[2]
,
[3]
,
[4]
,
[5]
,
[6]
cons
up a list
cons-stream
(special form)
,
[2]
lazy evaluation and
why a special form
consciousness, expansion of
consequent
of
cond
clause
of
if
const
(in register machine)
simulating
syntax of
constant
(primitive constraint)
constant, specifying in register machine
constant-exp
constant-exp-value
constraint network
constraint(s)
primitive
propagation of
construct-arglist
constructor
as abstraction barrier
contents
using Scheme data types
continuation
in nondeterministic evaluator
,
[2]
,
see also
failure continuation; success continuation
in register-machine simulator
continue
register
in explicit-control evaluator
recursion and
continued fraction
e
as
golden ratio as
tangent as
control structure
controller for register machine
controller diagram
conventional interface
sequence as
Cormen, Thomas H.
corner-split
correctness of a program
cos
(primitive procedure)
cosine
fixed point of
power series for
cosmic radiation
count-change
count-leaves
,
[2]
as accumulation
as register machine
count-pairs
counting change
,
[2]
credit-card accounts, international
Cressey, David
cross-type operations
cryptography
cube
,
[2]
,
[3]
cube root
as fixed point
by Newton's method
cube-root
current time, for simulation agenda
current-time
,
[2]
cycle in list
detecting