BLISS
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Bliss \Bliss\ (bl[i^]s), n.; pl. {Blisses} (bl[i^]s"[e^]z). [OE.
blis, blisse, AS. blis, bl[imac][eth]s, fr. bl[imac][eth]e
blithe. See {Blithe}.]
Orig., blithesomeness; gladness; now, the highest degree of
happiness; blessedness; exalted felicity; heavenly joy.
[1913 Webster]
An then at last our bliss
Full and perfect is. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Syn: Blessedness; felicity; beatitude; happiness; joy;
enjoyment. See {Happiness}.
[1913 Webster]
from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Basic Language for Implementation of System Software
BLISS
<language> (BLISS, or allegedly, "System Software
Implementation Language, Backwards") A language designed by
W.A. Wulf at {CMU} around 1969.
BLISS is an {expression language}. It is {block-structured},
and typeless, with {exception handling} facilities,
{coroutines}, a {macro} system, and a highly {optimising
compiler}. It was one of the first non-{assembly languages}
for {operating system} implementation. It gained fame for its
lack of a {goto} and also lacks implicit {dereferencing}: all
symbols stand for addresses, not values.
Another characteristic (and possible explanation for the
backward acronym) was that BLISS fairly uniformly used
backward {keywords} for closing blocks, a famous example being
ELUDOM to close a MODULE. An exception was BEGIN...END though
you could use (...) instead.
DEC introduced the NOVALUE keyword in their dialects to allow
statements to not return a value.
Versions: CMU {BLISS-10} for the PDP-10; CMU {BLISS-11},
{BLISS-16}, DEC {BLISS-16C}, DEC {BLISS-32}, {BLISS-36} for
{VAX}/{VMS}, {BLISS-36C}.
["BLISS: A Language for Systems Programming", CACM
14(12):780-790, Dec 1971].
[Did the B stand for "Better"?]
(1997-03-01)
from
U.S. Gazetteer (1990)
Bliss, ID (city, FIPS 8470)
Location: 42.92622 N, 114.94911 W
Population (1990): 185 (92 housing units)
Area: 1.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 83314
Bliss, NY
Zip code(s): 14024
from
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000)
Bliss, ID -- U.S. city in Idaho
Population (2000): 275
Housing Units (2000): 147
Land area (2000): 0.517141 sq. miles (1.339388 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.517141 sq. miles (1.339388 sq. km)
FIPS code: 08470
Located within: Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
Location: 42.926123 N, 114.948697 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 83314
Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Headwords:
Bliss, ID
Bliss
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
80 Moby Thesaurus words for "bliss":
Canaan, New Jerusalem, Zion, affability, agreeability,
agreeableness, amenity, amiability, amicability, beatification,
beatitude, bewitchment, blessedness, blissfulness, blitheness,
cheer, cheerfulness, cloud nine, compatibility, complaisance,
congeniality, cordiality, delectation, delight, ecstasy, ecstatics,
elation, elysium, empyrean, enchantment, enjoyableness, enjoyment,
exaltation, exhilaration, exuberance, felicitousness, felicity,
gaiety, geniality, gladness, glee, goodliness, goodness,
graciousness, happiness, happy hunting ground, harmoniousness,
harmony, heaven, high spirits, intoxication, joy, joyance,
joyfulness, joyousness, mellifluousness, mellowness, niceness,
nirvana, overhappiness, overjoyfulness, paradise, pleasance,
pleasantness, pleasantry, pleasingness, pleasurability,
pleasurableness, pleasure, pleasurefulness, rapport, rapture,
ravishment, seventh heaven, spirituality, sunshine, sweetness,
transport, unalloyed happiness, welcomeness
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