meaning of kaleidoscope

1. An instrument invented by Sir David Brewster, which contains loose fragments of colored glass, etc. , and reflecting surfaces so arranged that changes of position exhibit its contents in an endless variety of beautiful colors and symmetrical forms. It has been much employed in arts of design.
2. Kaleidoscope An object-oriented language which mixes imperative and constraint-oriented features. Kaleidoscope was written by Freeman-Benson of the University of Washington, Universite de Nantes, 1989; University of Victoria, 1992. It is similar to Siri and vaguely related to Prose. Versions: Kaleidoscope 90 and Kaleidoscope 91. ["Kaleidoscope: Mixing Objects, Constraints and Imperative Programming", B. N. Freeman-Benson, SIGPLAN Notices 2510:77-88 OOPSLA/ECOOP 90 Oct 1990]. ["Constraint Imperative Programming", B. N. Freeman-Benson, Ph. D. Thesis, TR 91-07-02, U Wash 1991]. ["Constraint Imperative Programming", Freeman-Benson et al, IEEE Conf on Comp Lang, Apr 1992].
3. an optical toy in a tube; it produces symmetrical patterns as bits of colored glass are reflected by mirrors

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