T definition

1. True. A Lisp compiler by Johnathan A. Rees in 1982 at Yale University. T has static scope and is a near-superset of Scheme. Unix source is available. T is written in itself and compiles to efficient native code. Used as the basis for the Yale Haskell system. Maintained by David Kranz <kranz@masala.lcs.mit.edu>.

Current version: 3.1.

FTP.

A multiprocessing version of T is available FTP.

Runs on Decstation, SPARC, Sun-3, Vax under Unix, Encore, HP, Apollo, Macintosh under A/UX.

E-mail: <t3-bugs@cs.yale.edu> (bugs). E-mail: <t-project@cs.yale.edu>.

(01 Feb 1991)

["The T Manual", Johnathan A. Rees <jar@zurich.ai.mit.edu> et al, Yale U, 1984].

2. A functional language.

["T: A Simple Reduction Language Based on Combinatory Term Rewriting", Ida et al, Proc of Prog Future Generation Computers, 1988].

3. (lower case) The Lisp atom used to represent "true", among other things. "false" is represented using the same atom as an empty list, nil. This overloading of the basic constants of the language helps to make Lisp write-only code.

4. In transaction-processing circles, an abbreviation for "transaction".

5. (Purdue) An alternative spelling of "tee".

Commonly used abbreviation for temperature. For example, in a medical chart, you might see scrawled bp90/60 t98.6 hr60/reg r15 , which is short hand signifying that the blood pressure is 90/60 mm hg, the temperature (t) is 98.6 degrees fahrenheit, the heart rate (hr) is 60/min and regular, and the respirations (r) 15/min. (this example would be entirely normal for an adult or older child).

(12 Dec 1998)

Preferred term: horizontal tabulation