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

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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 {parser}s and {code generator}s 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)