[1] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

alex
     
         1. a polymorphic language being developed by
        stephen crawley  of defence science  tech
        org, australia.  alex has abstract data types, type
        inference and inheritance.
     
        2.  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.  a scanner generator.  alexis is its input
        language.
     
        "alex: a simple and efficient scanner generator", h.
        mossenbock, sigplan notices 215, may 1986.
     
        1994-12-15
     
     
see also:
polymorphic abstract data type type inference inheritance iswim exception handling 
scanner generator alexis 

[2] : 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 codes: 73002

[3] : 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

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