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S99-glossary.pod

@@ -141,6 +141,10 @@ is a port of Perl 5's Dancer web framework (L<http://perldancer.org/>).
 
 Back In A Bit.  Only L</afk> for a little while.
 
+=head2 binary
+
+An operator is binary or of L</arity> two if its L</category> is L</infix> or </postcircumfix>
+
 =head2 blast
 
 "B<Bl>ock, B<A>lternatively B<St>atement". Several constructs in Perl 6 expect
@@ -267,6 +271,11 @@ Then, this bytecode is executed. Depending on the type of the data manipulated b
 bytecode can be transformed in optimised bytecode or into L</machine code>.
 This last two operations are forms of L</JIT>.
 
+=head2 composer
+
+A composer is a syntax for defining values. When values are objects, their composer is an L</huffmanization>
+of a constructor expression.
+
 
 =head2 compunit
 
@@ -542,6 +551,13 @@ Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality. An inexplicably good Harry Potter
 fanfic with far more significance than the word "fanfic" might lead you to
 believe. See L<http://hpmor.com>.
 
+=head2 Huffmanization
+
+L<Huffman coding|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huffman_coding is a compression algorithm that encode
+common symbols with a short code. By analogy, we call huffmanization alternative and shorter syntax
+for common syntax constructs. The cost of huffmanization is the cost of learning additional syntax.
+In Perl 6, L</composer>s are a form of huffmanization.
+
 =head2 hyper
 
 Process data asynchronously when possible, but return the result data in the
@@ -664,6 +680,8 @@ An anonymous function
 
 The property of a list not to evaluate elements until they are needed.
 
+=head2 lazyness
+
 =head2 lexical
 
 Lexical properties are derived from the structure of the source code itself,
@@ -848,6 +866,7 @@ An expression is constituted of operators and operands. More precisely it is mad
 operands that can be subexpressions or L</values>.
 Operators are an alternative syntax for a L<multi method>. With that syntax, what would be the L</argument>s of the function
 are named operands instead. Operators are classified into categories.
+L<List|S02/Grammatical Categories> of categories.
 A category has a precedence, an arity, can be L</fidly>, L</iffy>, L</diffy>
 
 The C<< <O(I<...>)>  >> construction gives information about an operator that completes the
@@ -1067,6 +1086,14 @@ contexts.
 
 =head2 reification
 
+Certain composite objects like L</range> are defined in the abstract. 
+They are partially or totally reified on demand, that is their composant objects
+are created only when they are needed.
+Without that lazyness, some objects would consume too much L</memory> or would not
+even fit in memory like the infinite L</range>: C<1..Inf>
+See also L</lazyness>
+
+
 =head2 reify
 
 =head2 REPL
@@ -1119,6 +1146,12 @@ before the actual release.
 
 =head2 Repository
 
+=head2 Root Object
+
+See L<root object|http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tracing_garbage_collection>
+In L</MoarVM>, routines that handles roots are declared 
+L<here|https://github.com/MoarVM/MoarVM/blob/master/src/gc/roots.h>
+
 =head2 Rosalind
 
 L<Rosalind|http://rosalind.info/> is a platform for learning bioinformatics and programming through problem solving.
@@ -1171,7 +1204,9 @@ Library set that is loaded by default.
 
 In Perl, the sigil is the first character of a variable name.
 It must be either C<$>, C<@>, C<%>, or C<&> respectively for a scalar,
-array, hash, or code variable.  See also L</twigil>.
+array, hash, or code variable.  See also L</twigil> and L</role>.
+Also sigilled variables allow short conventions for L<variable interpolation> in a double quoted string,
+or even C<postcircumfix> L</expression> starting with such a variable.
 
 =head2 sink context
 
@@ -1229,6 +1264,10 @@ The current human-readable description of the Perl 6 language.  Still in
 development.  Much more a community effort than the L</Apocalypse>s
 and L<Exegeses|/Exegesis> were.
 
+=head2 Syntax sugar
+
+see L</huffmaniation>
+
 =head1 T
 
 =head2 TAP
@@ -1320,10 +1359,17 @@ See L<http://perlcabal.org/syn/S02.html#Twigils>
 
 =head2 ufo
 
+See L<here|https://github.com/masak/ufo/>
+
 =head2 UGT
 
 "Universal Greeting Time" - ie, it's always "morning".
 
+=head2 unary
+
+An operator is unary if its L</arity> is one. Operators belonging to the L<categories|/category> 
+L</prefix>, L</postfix>, L</circumfix are unary.
+
 =head2 unit
 
 See L</compilation unit>.
@@ -1332,6 +1378,8 @@ See L</compilation unit>.
 
 =head2 unslushing
 
+=head2 use
+
 See L</slushy>
 
 =head1 V
@@ -1342,6 +1390,10 @@ See L</slushy>
 
 A variable is a name for a L</container>
 
+=head2 variable interpolation
+
+See L</sigil> and L<S02/Q forms>
+
 =head2 ver
 
 Short way to indicate L</version>.