zed

n : the letter Z; "the British call Z zed but Americans call it

zee" [syn: {zee}]

Zed

1978. Software Portability Group, U Waterloo. {Eh}, with

types added. Similar to {C}. Implementation language for the

{Thoth} realtime operating system. Added a few simple types

for greater efficiency on byte-addressed machines. String

constants in case statements. Enforces the naming convention:

MANIFESTS, Externals and locals. "Porting the Zed Compiler",

G.B. Bonkowski et al, SIGPLAN Notices 14(8):92-97 (Aug 1979).