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Subject: Re: Re: Time for keyword parameters in p - (nf)
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iuvax!anneh    Apr 11 17:39:00 1984

You might like to look at the DPL language developed by Sussman's group
at the MIT AI Lab.  DPL is a layout language for VLSI design.
It uses a call-by-keyword syntax for parameter passing in which
groups of keywords and corresponding actual parameters can be listed
in any order.  Default values can be specified for formal parameters
and the default value will be used if the corresponding keyword is not
present in a call to the function.

A user manual for the language is available as MIT AI Memo #598 
(Sept. 1980).  

                                 Anne Hartheimer