English Dictionary
◊ SYMMETRICALLY
symmetrically
adv : in a symmetrical manner; "they were symmetrically arranged"
[ant: {asymmetrically}]
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN SYMMETRIC LISP?
Symmetric LISP
A parallel {Lisp} in which environments are {first-class}
objects. It is implemented in {Common LISP}.
["Parallelism, Persistence and Meta-Cleanliness in the
Symmetric Lisp Processor", D. Gelernter et al, SIGPLAN Notices
22(7):274-282 (July 1987)].
["A Programming Language Supporting First-Class Parallel
Environments", S. Jagannathan, MIT-LCS/TR 434, 1989].
E-mail: Suresh Jagannathan .
(1995-03-16)