1.4 ;;Quote: operator definition includes operand names, a description, and examples

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;1-9 "it is the thesis of the BUILD approach that the reading rules should be treated as basic - more so then writing rules for units ... [p. 1-8] writing rules how to form units and reading rules how to delimitate units i.e. translator rules

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;2-2 "For the purpose of word delimitation...; the characters are assigned classes" -- along with operations to manipulate classes.

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;2-2 Input string to processor made of words (symbolic) and quotes (word group)

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-2 lexic rules based on character classes e.g., same class combine, different classes combine if in alternative class of lead class -- this with exception.

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-3 splits words into semantic types eg subroutine, infix operator, list these can be changed

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-4 declarations (ICL) by list structures eg label (ICL of arg, default value) can be fixed length, variable length of same type, or tree-structured

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-6 maintains a dictionary

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-8 all words typed before use but word definition separated from typing

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-8 allows symbol prefixes to indicate default type (eg fortran's i2)

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;3-9 Names by mnemonics eg WDA DCL-LCL for "word action. declare local"

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;4-3 General quote form by prefixing quote mark with a quote label word eg '( a ') is quote a

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;4-3 key word quotes for fixed length by keyword to indicate a position and a keyword terminator eg for i=1 to 10 by 2 do == for (i,1,10,2)

QuoteRef: bennRK6_1968 ;;7-3 word definition has access to entire parameter list