pascal

n 1: a unit of pressure equal to one newton per square meter

[syn: {Pa}]

2: French mathematician and philosopher; invented an adding

machine; contributed (with Fermat) to the theory of

probability (1623-1662) [syn: {Pascal}, {Blaise Pascal}]

3: a programing language designed to teach programming through

a top-down modular approach [syn: {Pascal}]

Pascal-P

The variant of {Pascal} used by the {UCSD} {p-system}

environment. It has extended string and {array} operations,

{random access file}s and {separate compilation}. It uses

{P-code} intermediate code and is available from {Pecan}.

(1994-11-02)