first-class mail

n : mail that includes letters and postcards and packages sealed

against inspection [syn: {first class}, {1st class}, {1st-class

mail}, {priority mail}]

first class module

A {module} that is a {first class data object}

of the {programming language}, e.g. a {record} containing

{functions}. In a {functional language}, it is standard to

have first class programs, so program building blocks can have

the same status.

{Claus Reinke's Virtual Bookshelf

(http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~cr/bib/bookshelf/Modules.html)}.

{Mark Jones' home page

(http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/Department/Staff/mpj/)}.

(1997-06-17)