1. A language designed for its simple denotational semantics.
"The Denotational Semantics of Programming Languages",
R. Tennent, CACM 19(8):437-453 (Aug 1976).
2. QUantifiers and SubTypes. Language with a sophisticated
type system. Just as types classify values, "kinds" classify
types and type operators. Explicit universal and existential
quantification over types, type operators, and subtypes.
Subtyping is defined inductively on all type constructions,
including higher-order functions and abstract types.
User-definable higher-order type operators.
"Typeful Programming", Luca Cardelli <luca@src.dec.com>, RR
45, DEC SRC 1989.
3. <tool, text> A multimedia authoring system. Quest has
been available for MS-DOS for some time. Version 3.5 for
Microsoft Windows was released around March 1995. It
features an Authorware-style flowchart system with an
ANSI-C script language.
(1995-04-02)
Nearby terms:
Query By Example « query expansion « ques « Quest » question mark » queue » Queued Sequential Access Method
