dictionary helpD.A. Harrison at Newcastle University. Real-time language based on LispKit. Uses timestamps and real-time clocks.
["RUTH: A Functional Language for Real-Time Programming", D. Harrison in PARLE: Parallel Architectures and Languages Europe, LNCS 259, Springer 1987, pp.297-314].
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1. Sorrow for the misery of another; pity; tenderness. "They weep for ruth." "Have ruth of the poor." "To stir up gentle ruth, Both for her noble blood, and for her tender youth." (Spenser)
2. That which causes pity or compassion; misery; distress; a pitiful. "It had been hard this ruth for to see." (Chaucer) "With wretched miseries and woeful ruth." (Spenser)
Origin: From Rue,: cf. Icel. Hryggth, hrygth.
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