CONVERT REC Regular Expression Converter <language> 1. (Or "REC", "Regular Expression Converter") A {string processing} language that combined the {pattern matching} and transformation operations of {COMIT} with the {recursive data structures} of {Lisp}. ["Convert", A. Guzman et al, CACM 9(8):604-615, Aug 1966]. 2. An early language to convert programs and data from one language to another. ["CONVERT Manual", OLI Systems Inc, Oct 1976]. (2007-02-05)