backscan — ozdic

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A scan from the back or rear side.

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To scan something from the back or rear side.

If at any stage it is impossible to make the required allocation of a node or line, or after the last E-word to find other realisations with the same mesh point 1, the control stream is backscanned by the interpreter to the first significant new allocation and the forward scan restarted.

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If at any stage it is impossible to make the required allocation of a node or line, or after the last E-word to find other realisations with the same mesh point 1, the control stream is backscanned by

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i Register

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