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first class module



A module that is a first class data object of the programming language, e.g. a record containing functions. In a functional language, it is standard to have first class programs, so program building blocks can have the same status.

Claus Reinke's Virtual Bookshelf (http://www.informatik.uni-kiel.de/~cr/bib/bookshelf/Modules.html).

(2004-01-26)