Tbl
1. A language by M.E. Lesk for formatting tables, implemented
as a {preprocessor} to {nroff}.
(1994-11-01)
2. Table Building Language. A simple language by Robert
Freiburghouse of {MIT} which combines user-defined actions
into an {abstract machine}. It can be used to build
table-driven predictive {parsers} and {code generators} in the
{MULTICS} {Fortran} compiler and several {PL/I} compilers,
including {VAX}-11 PL/I.
["Engineering A Compiler: VAX-11 Code Generation and
Optimisation", P. Anklam et al, Digital Press 1977].
(1994-11-01)