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val
     
        1. value-oriented algorithmic language.  j.b. dennis, mit
        1979.  single assignment language, designed for mit dataflow
        machine.  based on clu, has iteration and error handling,
        lacking in recursion and i/o.  "a value- oriented algorithmic
        language", w.b. ackermann et al, mit lcs tr-218, june 1979.
        "the val language: description and analysis", j.r. mcgraw,
        toplas 41:44-82 jan 1982.
     
        2.  variable assembly language.
        unimation.  language for industrial robots.  version: val ii -
        "val ii: a new robot control system for automatic
        manufacturing", b.e. shimano et al, proc ieee intl conf on
        robotics 1984, pp.278-292.
     
        3. vhdl annotation language.  stanford.
        ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/valbin-sun3-4.0-0.1.3.tar.z.
        source in ada available from larry m. augustin
        .
     
     
see also:
lt;ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/valbin-sun3-4.0-0.1.3.tar.zgt; 

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