Proteus

n 1: (Greek mythology) a prophetic god who served Poseidon; was

capable of changing his shape at will [syn: {Proteus}]

2: type genus of the Proteidae [syn: {Proteus}, {genus Proteus}]

PROTEUS

An extensible language, the core of {PARSEC}.

["The Design of a Minimal Expandable Computer Language",

J.R. Bell, PhD Thesis, CS, {Stanford University} (Dec 1968)].