What is "cecil"

masc. proper name, from Latin Caecilius (fem. Caecilia), name of a Roman gens, from caecus "blind."

n. 1 (given name male from=Latin). 2 (surname: from=Welsh)

Cecil ( or ) may refer to:

Cecilia is a pure object-oriented programming language that was developed by Craig Chambers at the University of Washington in 1992 to be part of the Vortex project there. Cecil has many similarities to other object-oriented languages, most notably Objective-C, Modula-3, and Self. The main goals of the project were extensibility, orthogonality, efficiency, and ease-of-use.

The language supports multiple dispatch and multimethods, dynamic inheritance, and optional static type checking. Unlike most other OOP systems, Cecil allows subtyping and code inheritance to be used separately, allowing run-time or external extension of object classes or instances. Like Objective-C, all object services in Cecil are invoked by message passing, and the language supports run-time class identification. These features allow Cecil to support dynamic, exploratory programming styles. Parameterized types and methods ( generics, polymorphism), garbage collection, and delegation are also supported. Cecil also supports a module mechanism for isolating independent libraries or packages. Cecil does not presently support threads or any other form of concurrency. A standard library for Cecil is also available and includes various collection, utility, system, I/O, and GUI classes.

The Diesel language was the successor of Cecil.

There was also an assembler type language known as Cesil (Computer Education in Schools Instructional Language) used in the late 70's developed by ICL. It was quite similar to the later language MASM.

Cecil was an English rock band from Liverpool. They released two albums, Bombar Diddlah (1996) and Subtitles (1998). They gained a small degree of commercial success in the UK charts, with their singles, "Hostage in a Frock" (1997) and "The Most Tiring Day" (1998).

Cecil is a given name, usually male. Notable people with the name include:

Originally mapped in Cecil County, Maryland in 1899, more than 10 million acres (40,000 km²) of the Cecil soil series (Fine, kaolinitic, thermic Typic Kanhapludults) are now mapped in the Piedmont region of the southeastern United States. It extends from Virginia through North Carolina (where it is the state soil), South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, with the actually located in Franklin County, NC. A map showing the actual extent of the Cecil series is available at the Center for Environmental Informatics

The Cecil series developed over igneous rock such as granite, and metamorphic rock which is chemically similar to granite. Virgin Cecil soils support forests dominated by pine, oak and hickory, and have a topsoil of brown sandy loam. The subsoil is a red clay which is dominated by kaolinite and has considerable mica. Few Cecil soils are in their virgin state, for most have been cultivated at one time or another. Indifferent land management has allowed many areas of Cecil soils to lose their topsoils through soil erosion, exposing the red clay subsoil. This clay is amenable to cultivation, responds well to careful management, and supports good growth of pine where allowed to revert to forest. Like other well-drained Ultisols, it is ideal for urban development; however, in common with other kaolinite-dominated clays, it has little ability to recover from soil compaction. Total potassium in the Cecil is higher than typical for Ultisols due to the presence of mica.

Cecil is a surname of Welsh origin. Notable people with the surname include:

• Brett Cecil (born 1986), Canadian baseball pitcher
• Chuck Cecil (born 1964), American football player
• Edward Cecil, 1st Viscount Wimbledon (1572–1638), English political and military leader

:* Edward Cecil (disambiguation)

• Henry Cecil (disambiguation)
• Lord David Cecil (1902–1986), British biographer, historian and academic
• Robert Cecil (disambiguation)
  • Robert Gascoyne-Cecil (disambiguation), several people
• Malcolm Cecil (born 1937), British jazz bassist and Grammy Award-winning record producer
• Rex Cecil (1916–1966), American baseball pitcher 1944–1945
• William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley or Lord Burghley (1520–1598), English statesman, the chief advisor of Queen Elizabeth I