Dylan

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Dylan
    n 1: United States songwriter noted for his protest songs (born
         in 1941) [syn: {Dylan}, {Bob Dylan}]
    2: Celtic god of the waves; son of Arianrhod

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

DYnamic LANguage
Dylan

   <language> (Dylan) A simple {object-oriented} {Lisp} dialect,
   most closely resembling {CLOS} and {Scheme}, developed by
   Advanced Technology Group East at {Apple Computer}.

   {Thomas} is a Dylan {compiler} implemented in {Scheme}.

   See also {Marlais}.

   ["Dylan(TM) an Object-Oriented Dynamic Language", {Apple
   Computer}, Eastern Research and Technology, April 1992].

   (1995-04-19)