Steelman

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  steelman
       n : a worker engaged in making steel [syn: {steelmaker}, {steelworker}]

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Steelman


       
          DoD, June 1978.  Fifth and last of the series of DoD
          requirements that led to Ada.  "Steelman Requirements for High
          Order Programming Languages", US Dept of Defense, June 1978.
          SIGPLAN Notices 13(12) (Dec 1978).  (See Strawman, Woodenman,
          Tinman, Ironman).