Hope

Hope

1. Anthony, real name Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins. 1863--1933, English novelist; author of The Prisoner of Zenda (1894)

2. Bob, real name Leslie Townes Hope. 1903--2003, US comedian and comic actor, born in England. His films include The Cat and the Canary (1939), Road to Morocco (1942), and The Paleface (1947). He was awarded an honorary knighthood in 1998

3. David (Michael). born 1940, British churchman, Archbishop of York from 1995

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Hope

See also Optimism.

Hopelessness (See DESPAIR.)

anchor

emblem of optimism; steadfastly secured the soul in adversity. [N.T.: Hebrews, 6:18–19]

cinquefoil

traditional representation of hope. [Flower Symbol-ism and Heraldry: Jobes, 341]

Emigrants, The

shows Norwegians in Dakota wheatlands striving for better life. [Nor. Lit.: The Emigrants, Magill I, 244–246]

flowering almond

symbol of spring; blooms in winter. [Flower Symbolism: Jobes, 71]

Great Pumpkin, the

awaited each Halloween by Linus. [Comics: “Peanuts” in Home, 542]

hawthorn

symbol of optimism. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 174; Kunz, 328]

Iceman Cometh, The

“The lie of the pipe dream is what gives life.” [Am. Lit.: The Iceman Cometh]

Of Mice and Men

portrays a philosophy that humans are made of hopes and dreams. [Am. Lit.: Of Mice and Men]

rainbow

God’s assurance He would not send another great flood. [O.T.: Genesis, 9:12–16]

snowdrop

symbol of optimism. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 177; Kunz, 326]

Allusions—Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.

Hope

(language)

A functional programming language designed by R.M. Burstall, D.B. MacQueen and D.T. Sanella at University of Edinburgh in 1978. It is a large language supporting user-defined prefix, infix or distfix operators. Hope has polymorphic typing and allows overloading of operators which requires explicit type declarations. Hope has lazy lists and was the first language to use call-by-pattern.

It has been ported to Unix, Macintosh, and IBM PC.

See also Hope+, Hope+C, Massey Hope, Concurrent Massey Hope.

ftp://brolga.cc.uq.oz.au/pub/hope.

[R.M.Burstall, D.B.MacQueen, D.T.Sanella, "HOPE: An experimental applicative language", Proc. 1980 Lisp conf., Stanford, CA, p.136-143, Aug 1980].

["A HOPE Tutorial", R. Bailey, BYTE Aug 1985, pp.235-258].

["Functional Programming with Hope", R. Bailey, Ellis Horwood 1990].

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