farther

adj 1: more distant in especially space or time; "they live in the

farther house"

2: more distant in especially degree; "nothing could be further

from the truth"; "further from our expectations"; "farther

from the truth"; "farther from our expectations" [syn: {further}]

adv 1: to or at a greater extent or degree or a more advanced stage

(`further' is used more often than `farther' in this

abstract sense); "further complicated by uncertainty

about the future"; "let's not discuss it further";

"nothing could be further from the truth"; "they are

further along in their research than we expected";

"the application of the law was extended farther"; "he

is going no farther in his studies" [syn: {further}]

2: to or at a greater distance in time or space (`farther' is

used more frequently than `further' in this physical

sense); "farther north"; "moved farther away"; "farther

down the corridor"; "the practice may go back still

farther to the Druids"; "went only three miles further";

"further in the future" [syn: {further}]

Sather

/Say-ther/ (Named after the Sather Tower at {UCB},

as opposed to the Eiffel Tower).

An interactive {object-oriented} language designed by Steve

M. Omohundro at {ICSI} in 1991. Sather has simple {syntax},

similar to {Eiffel}, but it is non-proprietary and faster.

Sather 0.2 was nearly a subset of Eiffel 2.0, but Sather 1.0

adds many distinctive features: parameterised {class}es,

{multiple inheritance}, statically-checked {strong typing},

{garbage collection}. The compiler generates {C} as an

{intermediate language}. There are versions for most

{workstation}s.

Sather attempts to retain much of {Eiffel}'s theoretical

cleanliness and simplicity while achieving the efficiency of

{C::}. The compiler generates efficient and portable C code

which is easily integrated with existing code.

A variety of development tools including a debugger and

{browser} based on {gdb} and a {GNU Emacs} development

environment have also been written. There is also a {class

library} with several hundred classes that implement a variety

of basic data structures and numerical, geometric,

connectionist, statistical, and graphical abstractions. The

authors would like to encourage contributions to the library

and hope to build a large collection of efficient,

well-written, well-tested classes in a variety of areas of

computer science.

Sather runs on {Sun-4}, {HP9000}/300, {Decstation} 5000,

{MIPS}, {Sony News} 3000, {Sequent}/{Dynix}, {SCO} {SysV}R3.2,

{NeXT}, {Linux}.

See also {dpSather}, {pSather}, {Sather-K}.

{(ftp://ftp.icsi.berkeley.edu/pub/sather)}

E-mail: .

Mailing list: sather-request◊icsi.berkeley.edu.

(1995-04-26)