delta

n 1: a low triangular area where a river divides before entering

a larger body of water

2: the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet

Delta

1. An expression-based language developed by J.C. Cleaveland

in 1978.

2. A string-processing language with single-character commands

from {Tandem Computers}.

3. A language for system specification of simulation

execution.

["System Description and the DELTA Language",

E. Holback-Hansen et al, DELTA Proj Rep 4, Norweg Comput Ctr,

Feb 1977].

4. A {COBOL} generating language produced by {Delta Software

Entwicklung GmbH (http://www.delta-software.de/)}.

(2000-08-02)