oval

adj : rounded like an egg [syn: {egg-shaped}, {elliptic}, {elliptical},

{ovate}, {oviform}, {ovoid}, {prolate}]

n : a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a

circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it;

"the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on

an ellipse is constant" [syn: {ellipse}]

VAL

1. Value-oriented Algorithmic Language. J.B. Dennis, MIT

1979. Single assignment language, designed for MIT dataflow

machine. Based on CLU, has iteration and error handling,

lacking in recursion and I/O. "A Value- Oriented Algorithmic

Language", W.B. Ackermann et al, MIT LCS TR-218, June 1979.

"The VAL Language: Description and Analysis", J.R. McGraw,

TOPLAS 4(1):44-82 (Jan 1982).

2. Variable Assembly Language.

Unimation. Language for industrial robots. Version: VAL II -

"VAL II: A New Robot Control System for Automatic

Manufacturing", B.E. Shimano et al, Proc IEEE Intl Conf on

Robotics 1984, pp.278-292.

3. VHDL Annotation Language. Stanford.

{(ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/valbin-sun3-4.0-0.1.3.tar.Z)}.

Source in Ada available from Larry M. Augustin

.