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What types for MATISSE?

Before we delve into redesigning a new OPL, we need to ponder its type particularities--indeed, peculiarities. The current OPL departs from conventional programming langauges when it comes to types in several respects. Figure 3 shows the types supported by OPL.

Figure 3: OPL types
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&&& \rnode{TYPE...
...UM}
\ncline{-}{TYPE}{SETOF}
\ncline{-}{TYPE}{ARRAY}
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Hassan Ait Kaci 2002-03-27