Thomas (redirected from Thomas, (Philip) Edward)

Thomas

1. Saint. Also called: doubting Thomas. one of the twelve apostles, who refused to believe in Christ's resurrection until he had seen his wounds (John 20:24--29). Feast day: July 3 or Dec. 2l or Oct. 6

2. Ambroise . 1811--96, French composer of light operas, including Mignon (1866)

3. Dylan (Marlais) . 1914--53, Welsh poet and essayist. His works include the prose Portrait of the Artist as a Young Dog (1940), the verse collection Deaths and Entrances (1946), and his play for voices Under Milk Wood (1954)

4. (Philip) Edward, pen name Edward Eastaway. 1878--1917, British poet and critic: killed in World War I

5. R(onald) S(tuart). 1913--2000, Welsh poet and clergyman. His collections include Song at the Year's Turning (1955), Not that He Brought Flowers (1968), and Laboratories of the Spirit (1975)

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Thomas - A language compatible with the language Dylan(TM). Thomas is NOT Dylan(TM). The first public release of a translator to Scheme by Matt Birkholz, Jim Miller, and Ron Weiss, written at Digital Equipment Corporation's Cambridge Research Laboratory runs (slowly) on MIT's CScheme, DEC's Scheme->C, Marc Feeley's Gambi, Macintosh, PC, Vax, MIPS, Alpha, 680x0. ftp://gatekeeper.pa.dec.com/pub/DEC/Thomas. Mailing list: <info-thomas@crl.dec.com>. ["Dylan(TM) an object-oriented dynamic language", Apple Computer, Eastern Research and Technology, April 1992].