plea

n 1: humble request for help [syn: {supplication}]

2: (law) a defendant's answer by a factual matter (as

distinguished from a demurrer)

3: an answer indicating why a suit should be dismissed

Pla

A high-level music programming language,

written in {SAIL}. Pla includes {concurrency} based on

{message passing}.

["Pla: A Composer's Idea of a Language", B. Schottstaedt,

Computer Music J 7(1):11-20, Winter 1983].

(1999-06-04)