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_PROGRAMMING PARADIGMS_
by Michael Swaine

Example 1:

if stem_position = "central"
and gill_type = "absent"
then return "boletus"


Example 2:

(a)

agaricales : {
// Agaricales is an order of fungi,
// usually characterized by a centrally placed stem.
// It contains several families of fungi.
level:"order",
children:['boletacaea,...],
stem_position:"central"}



(b)

Observations : {

color : "brown",
size : "15",
cap_shape : "",
cap_surface : "dry",
gill_type : "absent",
gill_attachment : "",
stem_position : "central",
stem_surface : "smooth",
veils : ""}


(c)

boletacaea : {
// Boletacaea is a family of fungi,
// characterized by pores rather than gills.
// It contains several genera of fungi.
level:"family",
children:
['suillus, 'boletus, 'boletellus, 'gyroporus, 'pulveroboletus],
gill_type:"absent"}


(d)

suillus : {
// Suillus is a genus of fungi,
// typically characterized by a viscid cap surface.
// It contains several species of fungi.
level:"genus",
children:[],
cap_surface:"viscid"}
boletus : {
// Boletus is a genus of fungi,
// typically characterized by a dry cap surface.
// It contains several species of fungi.
level:"genus",
children:['flaviporus,'satanas,'pulcherrimus,'edulis],
cap_surface:"dry"}
flaviporus : {
// Flaviporus is a species of fungi,
// usually yellow with a smooth stem.
level:"species",
children:[],
color:"yellow",
stem_surface:"smooth"}
edulis : {
// Edulis is a species of fungi,
// usually large and brown, with a scaly stem.
level:"species",
children:[],
color:"brown",
size:15,
stem_surface:"scaly"}