preen

v 1: clean with one's bill, of birds [syn: {plume}]

2: pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement [syn: {pride},

{congratulate}]

3: dress or groom with elaborate care [syn: {primp}, {plume}, {dress}]

Green

A language proposed by Cii {Honeywell-Bull} to meet the DoD

{Ironman} requirements which led to {Ada}. This language won

in 1979.

["On the GREEN Language Submitted to the DoD", E.W. Dijkstra,

SIGPLAN Notices 13(10):16-21 (Oct 1978)].

(1994-12-02)