<language> /A sharp/ A separable component of Version 2 of the <a href="">AXIOM*a> computer algebra system. It provides a programming language with an <a href="">optimising compilera>, an <a href="">intermediate codea> <a href="">interpretera>, and a library of data structures and mathematical <a href="">abstractionsa>. The compiler produces <a href="">stand-alone executablea> programs, <a href="">objecta> libraries in <a href="">nativea> <a href="">operating systema> formats, <a href="">portablea> <a href="">bytecodea> libraries, <a href="">Ca> and <a href="">Lispa> <a href="">source codea>. The A# programming language has support for <a href="">object-orienteda> and <a href="">functional programminga> styles. Both types and functions are <a href="">first classa> values that can be manipulated with a range of flexible and composable <a href="">primitivesa> and user programs. The A# language design places particular emphasis on compilation for efficient <a href="">machine codea> and portability. Ports have been made to various 16, 32, and 64 bit architectures: <a href="">RS/6000a>, <a href="">SPARCa>, <a href="">DEC Alphaa>, <a href="">i386a>, <a href="">i286a>, <a href="">Motorola 680x0a>, <a href="">S 370a>; several {operating systems}: <a href="">Linuxa>, <a href="">AIXa>, <a href="">SunOSa>, <a href="">HP/UXa>, <a href="">Nexta>, <a href="">Macha> and other <a href="">Unixa> systems, <a href="">OS/2a>, <a href="">DOSa>, <a href="">Microsoft Windowsa>, <a href="">VMSa> and <a href="">CMSa>; <a href="">Ca> compilers: <a href="">Xlca>, <a href="">gcca>, <a href="">Suna>, <a href="">Borlanda>, <a href="">Metawarea> and <a href="">MIPSa> C. (1995-02-07)

The letter Å (å in lower case) represents various (although often very similar) sounds in several languages. It is a separate letter in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, North Frisian, Low Saxon, Walloon, Chamorro, Lule Sami, Pite Sami, Skolt Sami, Southern Sami, Ume Sami, and Greenlandic alphabets.

Â, â (a-circumflex) is a letter of the Inari Sami, Skolt Sami, Romanian, and Vietnamese alphabets. This letter also appears in French, Friulian, Frisian, Portuguese, Turkish, Walloon, and Welsh languages as a variant of the letter "a".