ALEF
<language> A programming language from {Bell Labs}. ALEF
boasts few new ideas but is instead a careful synthesis of
ideas from other languages. The result is a practical general
purpose programming language which was once displacing {C} as
their main implementation language. Both {shared variables}
and {message passing} are supported through language
constructs.
A {window system}, {user interface}, {operating system}
network code, {news reader}, {mailer} and variety of other
tools in {Plan 9} are now implemented using ALEF.
(1997-02-13)