VAL
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VAL
(1)Value-oriented Algorithmic Language. J.B. Dennis, MIT
1979. Single assignment language, designed for MIT dataflow
machine. Based on CLU, has iteration and error handling,
lacking in recursion and I/O. "A Value- Oriented Algorithmic
Language", W.B. Ackermann et al, MIT LCS TR-218, June 1979.
"The VAL Language: Description and Analysis", J.R. McGraw,
TOPLAS 4(1):44-82 (Jan 1982).
VAL
(language, robotics)Variable Assembly Language.
Unimation. Language for industrial robots. Version: VAL II -
"VAL II: A New Robot Control System for Automatic
Manufacturing", B.E. Shimano et al, Proc IEEE Intl Conf on
Robotics 1984, pp.278-292.
VAL
(3)VHDL Annotation Language. Stanford.
ftp://wilbur.stanford.edu/pub/valbin-sun3-4.0-0.1.3.tar.Z.
Source in Ada available from Larry M. Augustin
<lma@sierra.stanford.edu>.
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VAL
The design maneuvering speed. It is the speed below which abrupt and extreme control movements will not exceed the airframe's limiting load factors. The same as VA.
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