Quest
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.
Implemented in Modula-3.
ftp://gatekeeper.dec.com/pub/DEC/Quest/quest12A.tar.Z.
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)
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