Napier

n : Scottish mathematician; invented logarithms; introduced the

use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)

[syn: {Napier}, {John Napier}]

Napier

Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985,

first implementation Napier88, 1988. Based on {orthogonal

persistence}, permits definition and manipulation of

namespaces.

["The Napier88 Reference Manual", R. Morrison et al, CS Depts

St Andrews U and U Glasgow, Persistent Programming Research

Report PPRR-77-89, 1989].