prohibitive

adj : tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was

prohibitive" [syn: {prohibitory}]

primitive

A {function}, {operator}, or {type} which is

built into a programming language (or {operating system}),

either for speed of execution or because it would be

impossible to write it in the language. Primitives typically

include the arithmetic and logical operations (plus, minus,

and, or, etc.) and are implemented by a small number of

{machine language} instructions.

(1995-05-01)