HAL/S

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Hals \Hals\ (h[add]ls), n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth.
   hals. See {Collar}.]
   The neck or throat. [Obs.]
   [1913 Webster]

         Do me hangen by the hals.                --Chaucer.
   [1913 Webster]

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

Hal/S

   <language> (Hal/Shuttle) A {real-time} {high-level language}
   for flight control applications.  Hal was developed for {NASA}
   by {Intermetrics, Inc.} in the 1970s for on-board {software}.
   The initial version was a {Fortran} {preprocessor}, written in
   Fortran.  In 1972, as the space shuttle project advanced, the
   language was renamed Hal/S and made more adaptable to
   {architecture} of different computers by using {XPL}.  In all,
   11 different implementations, mostly based on {IBM 360}, were
   created.  Applications also included projects by {JPL}
   (Galileo probe, Deep Space network).

   ["Two-Dimensional Characteristics of HAL, A Language for
   Spaceflight Applications", J.S. Miller, SIGPLAN Notices 7(10),
   Oct 1972].

   ["Space Station Flight Software: Hal/S or Ada?", Allan
   R. Klumpp, "Computer", March 1985].

   (2002-07-13)