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PDL /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/
1. n. `Program Design Language'. Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless pseudo-languages in which [management] forces one to design programs. Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be maintained in parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead to little or no benefit. See also [flowchart]. 2. v. To design using a program design language. "I've been pdling so long my eyes won't focus beyond 2 feet." 3. n. `Page Description Language'. Refers to any language which is used to control a graphics device, usually a laserprinter. The most common example is, of course, Adobe's [PostScript] language, but there are many others, such as Xerox InterPress, etc. 4. In ITS days, the preferred MITism for [stack]. See [overflow pdl]. 5. Dave Lebling, one of the co-authors of [Zork]; (his [network address] on the ITS machines was at one time pdl@dms).
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