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

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