2. Verb. (transitive computing informal) To translate the source code of a computer program (or its specification) into a more syntactically rigorous form. ¹
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Definition of Desugar
1. to remove sugar from [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Desugar
Literary usage of Desugar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Partial Evaluation and Automatic Program Generation by Neil D. Jones, Carsten K. Gomard, Peter Sestoft (1993)
"... base operation shorthands (hd e (op car e)) (tl e (op cdr e)) )) ; desugar:
From sugared ... using the "sugars" table (define (desugar program) (define ..."
2. Transactions of the Association of American Physicians by Association of American Physicians (1921)
"I have seen a patient with diabetes similar to this one who could not be desugar-
ized at all by fasting, but who cleared promptly when enough fat had been ..."
3. Beet-sugar Manufacture and Refining by Lewis Sharpe Ware (1905)
"The practical working of these methods will be discussed under the caption of
the desugar- izing of molasses. Saccharate of lime. ..."
4. Sugar: A Handbook for Planters and Refiners, Being a Comprehensive Treatise by John A. R. Newlands, Benjamin E. R. Newlands (1909)
"The next portion is passed over fresh slices and so on until the whole battery
is in operation, when the last diffuser being completely desugar- ised is ..."
5. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1909)
"Illustrated deSugar Factories scription. 6000 w. Can Elec News— May, 1908. No.
92196 C. The Electrical Equipment of the Royal Mint, London. ..."
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