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LEAP

See EAP.

leap
Music a relatively large melodic interval, esp in a solo part
LEAP - Language for the Expression of Associative Procedures.

ALGOL-based formalism for sets and associative retrieval, for TX-2. Became part of SAIL.

"An ALGOL-based Associative Language", J.A. Feldman et al, CACM 12(8):439-449 (Aug 1969).


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