Graphics Language Object System


Graphics Language Object System

(graphics, language)(GLOS) A language with statements fordescribing graphics objects (line, circle, polygon, etc.),written by Michael J McLean and Brian Hicks at the Universityof Queensland, St. Lucia in 1978. New objects are definedusing procedures. 2-D transformations are context dependentand may be nested.

[M.J. McLean, "The Semantics of Computer Drafting Languages",PhD thesis, University of Queensland, 1978].

[Hicks, B.W., and McLean, M.J. "A Graphic Language forDescribing Line Objects", Proceedings of the DECUS-AustraliaAugust 1973 Symposium, Melbourne, 1973].