English Dictionary
◊ UPSILON
upsilon
n : the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
English Computing Dictionary
◊ DID YOU MEAN EPSILON?
EPSILON
A {macro} language with high level features
including strings and lists, developed by A.P. Ershov at
Novosibirsk in 1967. EPSILON was used to implement {ALGOL 68}
on the {M-220}.
["Application of the Machine-Oriented Language Epsilon to
Software Development", I.V. Pottosin et al, in Machine
Oriented Higher Level Languages, W. van der Poel, N-H 1974,
pp. 417-434].
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(1995-05-10)