Alex

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

Alex

   <language> 1. A {polymorphic} language being developed by
   Stephen Crawley <[email protected]> of Defence Science & Tech
   Org, Australia.  Alex has {abstract data types}, {type
   inference} and {inheritance}.

   2. <language> An {ISWIM}-like language with {exception
   handling}.

   ["An Exception Handling Construct for Functional Languages",
   M. Brez et al, in Proc ESOP88, LNCS 300, Springer 1988].

   3. <tool> A {scanner generator}.  {Alexis} is its input
   language.

   ["Alex: A Simple and Efficient Scanner Generator", H.
   Mossenbock, SIGPLAN Notices 21(5), May 1986].

   (1994-12-15)

from U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

Alex, OK (town, FIPS 1250)
  Location: 34.92016 N, 97.77940 W
  Population (1990): 639 (294 housing units)
  Area: 17.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Zip code(s): 73002

from U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)

Alex, OK -- U.S. town in Oklahoma
   Population (2000):    635
   Housing Units (2000): 294
   Land area (2000):     6.673150 sq. miles (17.283378 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    6.673150 sq. miles (17.283378 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            01250
   Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
   Location:             34.915343 N, 97.779711 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     73002
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Alex, OK
    Alex