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Article #2729Re: Type systems with dimensional units
From: Evan Kirshenbaum
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 20:43
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 1991 20:43
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In article <1991Jan28.210253.24818@ccu.umanitoba.ca> salomon@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Dan Salomon) writes:
#In article <1991Jan21.225221.5598@shell.shell.com> robison@brazil (Arch D. Robison) writes:
#>I am looking for references on languages that incorporate ``units checking''
#>into their type system.
#>
#
#I tried to reply by mail, but it bounced.
So did mine.
This is an area of interest of mine. A dump of my database on the
subject follows. Gehani seems to have the best ideas on the subject.
I would be extremely interested in pointers to any papers not on the list.
Evan Kirshenbaum
HP Laboratories
3500 Deer Creek Road, Building 26U
Palo Alto, CA 94304
kirshenbaum@hplabs.hp.com
(415)857-7572
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A: baldwin:1987
t- Implementation of Physical Units
a- Baldwin, Geoff
o- Baldwin Information Processing
j- Sigplan Notices
vn- 22 8
my- August 1987
p- 45-50
k- Units
k- Programming Languages
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A: biedl:1977
t- An Extension of Programming Languages for Clerical Computation in
t- Science and Engineering with Special Reference to Pascal
a- Biedl, Albrecht
o- Technishe Universitaet Berlin
j- Sigplan Notices
my- April 1977
p- 31-33
k- Programming Languages
k- Units
--
A: cmelik:1988
t- Dimensional Analysis with C++
o- Bell Laboratories
a- Cmelik, Robert F.
a- Gehani, Narain
j- IEEE Software
my- May 1988
p- 21-27
k- Units
k- Programming Languages
k- Object-Oriented Programming
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A: dreiheller:1986
t- PHYSCAL
st- Prgramming Pascal with Physical Units
o- Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg [Universit\:at Erlangen N\:urnberg]
a- Dreiheller, A.
a- Moerschbacher, M.
a- Mohr, B.
j- Sigplan Notices
vn- 21 12
my- December 1986
p- 114-123
k- Units
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TR: gehani:1976
t- Units of Measure
st- A New Data Attribute
o- State University of New York at Buffalo
a- Gehani, Narain
my- March 1976
rn- 106
-Practice and Experience
vn- 15 6
my- June 1985
p- 555-569
k- Units
k- Programming Languages
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A: grosberg:1988
t- Object-Oriented Dimensional Units
a- Grosberg, John A.
o- Motorola Corp.
j- Dr. Dobb's Journal
my- September 1988
p- 52-62, 94-99
k- Units
k- Object-Oriented Programming
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A: hilfinger:1988
t- An Ada Package for Dimensional Analysis
a- Hilfinger, Paul N.
o- University of California, Berkeley
j- Transactions on Programming Languages and Systems
vn- 10 2
my- April 1988
p- 189-203
k- Units
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A: karr:1978
t- Incorporation of Units into Programming Languages
o- Massachusetts Computer Associates
a- Karr, Michael
a- Loveman, David B., III
j- Communications of the ACM
vn- 21 5
my- May 1978
p- 385-391
k- Units
k- Programming Languages
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A: okeefe:1985
t- Alternatives to Keyword Parameters
a- O'Keefe, Richard A.
o- University of Edinburgh
j- Sigplan Notices
vn- 20 6
my- June 1985
p- 26-32
k- Programming Languages
k- Data Types
k- Units
--
Evan Kirshenbaum
HP Laboratories
3500 Deer Creek Road, Building 26U
Palo Alto, CA 94304
kirshenbaum@hplabs.hp.com
(415)857-7572
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!evan From: evan@hplabs.hpl.hp.com (Evan Kirshenbaum) Newsgroups: comp.lang.misc Subject: Re: Type systems with dimensional units Message-ID: <EVAN.91Jan30154359@hplerk.hpl.hp.com> Date: 30 Jan 91 20:43:59 GMT References: <1991Jan21.225221.5598@shell.shell.com> <1991Jan28.210253.24818@ccu.umanitoba.ca> Sender: news@hplabs.hpl.hp.com (placeholder for future) Organization: HP Labs Lines: 137 In-Reply-To: salomon@ccu.umanitoba.ca's message of 28 Jan 91 21:02:53 GMT