Merge branch 'master' of git.martlubbers.net:msc-thesis1617

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diff --git a/glossaries.tex b/glossaries.tex
index c84b0b8..6c05c3e 100644 (file)
--- a/glossaries.tex
+++ b/glossaries.tex
@@ -2,20 +2,22 @@
        description={is a cheap and popular microcontroller that is widely used for
        rapid prototyping}}
 \newglossaryentry{Clean}{name={\emph{Clean}},
-       description={is a staticly typed pure lazy functional programming language based on graph
-               rewriting}}
+       description={is a statically typed pure lazy functional programming
+       language based on graph rewriting}}
 \newglossaryentry{Haskell}{name={\emph{Haskell}},
-       description={is a staticly typed pure lazy functional programming language}}
+       description={is a statically typed pure lazy functional programming
+       language}}
 \newglossaryentry{iTasks}{name=\emph{iTasks},
-       description={is a \acrshort{TOP} implementation written as a \acrshort{EDSL}
-       in the \gls{Clean} programming language}}
+       description={is a \gls{TOP} implementation written as an
+       \gls{EDSL} in the \gls{Clean} programming language}}
 \newglossaryentry{Ivory}{name={\emph{Ivory}},
        description={is a type-safe \gls{EDSL} designed to generate \gls{C}-code
        for high-assurance low-level systems}}
 \newglossaryentry{Task}{name=\emph{Task},
-       description={is the basic building block of a \acrshort{TOP} system}}
+       description={is the basic building block of a \gls{TOP} system}}
 \newglossaryentry{mTask}{name=\emph{mTask},
-       description={is an abstraction for \glspl{Task} living on \acrshort{IoT} devices}}
+       description={is an abstraction for \glspl{Task} living on \gls{IoT}
+       devices. Moreover, it is the name of an \gls{EDSL}}}
 \newglossaryentry{C}{name=\textsc{C},
        description={is low-level imperative programming language suitable for
        embedded devices}}
@@ -30,29 +32,40 @@
 \newglossaryentry{Javascript}{name={\emph{Javascript}},
        description={is an imperative programming language designed to run in web
        browsers}}
+\newglossaryentry{Python}{name={\emph{Python}},
+       description={is an interpreted object oriented scripting language. Variants
+       exist that are suitable to run on microcontrollers such as
+       \emph{micropython}}}
+\newglossaryentry{LUA}{name={\emph{LUA}},
+       description={is an interpreted scripting language famous for having a very
+       lightweight interpreter that is easy to port.}}
 \newglossaryentry{LED}{name={LED},
        description={Lighting Emitting Diode}}
+\newglossaryentry{mbed}{name={\textsc{mbed}},
+       description={is a programming framework for microcontrollers.}}
 \newcommand{\newglossacr}[2]{\newglossaryentry{#1}{
        name={#1},
        first={#2 (#1)},%
        firstplural={#2\glspluralsuffix{} (#1\glspluralsuffix)},
        description={#2}}}
-\newglossacr{GADT}{Generalized Algebraic Data type}
-\newglossacr{GPIO}   {General-Purpose Input/Output}
 \newglossacr{ADT}    {Algebraic Datatype}
-\newglossacr{SDS}    {Shared Data Source}
-\newglossacr{IoT}    {Internet of Things}
-\newglossacr{TOP}    {Task Oriented Programming}
-\newglossacr{EDSL}   {Embedded Domain Specific Language}
-\newglossacr{RISC}   {Reduced Instruction Set Computer}
 \newglossacr{ARM}    {Acorn \glsentryname{RISC} Machine}
-\newglossacr{LTN}    {Low Throughput Network}
-\newglossacr{IDE}    {Integrated Development Environment}
-\newglossacr{TCP}    {Transmission Control Protocol}
-\newglossacr{RFID}   {Radio-Frequency Identification}
-\newglossacr{GNSS}   {Global Navigation Satellite System}
-\newglossacr{LCD}    {Liquid Crystal Display}
 \newglossacr{AST}    {Abstract Syntax Tree}
-\newglossacr{GPS}    {Global Positioning System}
+\newglossacr{API}    {Application Programming Interface}
+\newglossacr{EDSL}   {Embedded Domain Specific Language}
+\newglossacr{GADT}   {Generalized Algebraic Data type}
 \newglossacr{GLONASS}{Global Navigation Satellite System}
-\newglossacr{RWST}{Reader Writer State Transformer Monad}
+\newglossacr{GNSS}   {Global Navigation Satellite System}
+\newglossacr{GPIO}   {General-Purpose Input/Output}
+\newglossacr{GPS}    {Global Positioning System}
+\newglossacr{IDE}    {Integrated Development Environment}
+\newglossacr{IoT}    {Internet of Things}
+\newglossacr{JSON}   {JavaScript Object Notation}
+\newglossacr{LCD}    {Liquid Crystal Display}
+\newglossacr{RFID}   {Radio-Frequency Identification}
+\newglossacr{RISC}   {Reduced Instruction Set Computer}
+\newglossacr{RWST}   {Reader Writer State Transformer Monad}
+\newglossacr{SDS}    {Shared Data Source}
+\newglossacr{TCP}    {Transmission Control Protocol}
+\newglossacr{TOP}    {Task Oriented Programming}
+\newglossacr{MSB}    {Most Significant Byte}