DAVID TURNER
\dˈe͡ɪvɪd tˈɜːnə], \dˈeɪvɪd tˈɜːnə], \d_ˈeɪ_v_ɪ_d t_ˈɜː_n_ə]\
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Professor David A Turner. One of the pioneers offunctional languages. He designed several languages,including, SASL (1976), KRC (1981), and Miranda, many ofwhich were implemented using combinators and the S-Kreduction machine which he defined.He coined the name "ZF expression" for the listcomprehension.He worked at UKC and set up a company, Research SoftwareLimited to market Miranda.
By Denis Howe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).