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Refal ("Recursive functions algorithmic language"; Russian: РЕФАЛ) "is a functional programming language oriented toward symbolic computations", including "string processing, language translation, artificial intelligence". It is one of the oldest members of this family, first conceived of in 1966 as a theoretical tool, with the first implementation…
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| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Refal | Designed by | Valentin Turchin | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | Developer | Valentin Turchin, S. Florentsev, V. Olyunin, et al. | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | First appeared | 1968 (1968) | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | Paradigm | Pattern-matching and term-rewriting | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | Typing discipline | strong, dynamic | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | Website | http://www.refal.net | 1.00 | infobox |
| Refal | is a | tree rather than a list | 0.90 | text |
| Refal | related to Basics | Refal Hello World | 0.60 | section |
| Refal | related to Basics | The | 0.60 | section |
| Refal | related to Basics | Go | 0.60 | section |
| Refal | related to Basics | Hello | 0.60 | section |
| Refal | related to Basics | The Go | 0.60 | section |
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