PDL
:PDL: /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/ 1. n. `Program Design
Language'. Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless
pseudo-languages in which management
forces one to design programs.
Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be maintained in
parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead to little or no
benefit. See also flowchart
. 2. v. To design using a program design
language. "I've been pdling so long my eyes won't focus beyond 2 feet."
3. n. `Page Description Language'. Refers to any language which is used
to control a graphics device, usually a laserprinter. The most common
example is, of course, Adobe's PostScript
language, but there are
many others, such as Xerox InterPress, etc. 4. In ITS days, the
preferred MITism for stack
. See overflow pdl
5. Dave Lebling, one
of the co-authors of Zork
; (his network address
on the ITS machines
was at one time pdl@dms).
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