from
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Abstract-Type and Scheme-Definition Language
ASDL
<language> (ASDL) A language developed as part of {Esprit}
project {GRASPIN}, as a basis for generating {language-based
editors} and environments. It combines an {object-oriented}
type system, syntax-directed translation schemes and a
target-language interface.
["ASDL - An Object-Oriented Specification Language for
Syntax-Directed Environments", M.L. Christ-Neumann et al,
European Software Eng Conf, Strasbourg, Sept 1987, pp.77-85].
(1996-02-19)