PDL: /P-D-L/, /pid'l/, /p*d'l/ or /puhd'l/ 1. n. `Program
Design Language'. Any of a large class of formal and profoundly
useless pseudo-languages in which management forces one to design
programs. Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be
maintained in parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead to
little or no benefit. See also flowchart. 2. v. To design
using a program design language. "I've been pdling so long my eyes
won't focus beyond 2 feet." 3. n. `Page Description Language'.
Refers to any language which is used to control a graphics device,
usually a laserprinter. The most common example is, of course,
Adobe's PostScript language, but there are many others, such as
Xerox InterPress, etc. 4. In ITS days, the preferred MITism for
stack. See overflow pdl. 5. Dave Lebling, one of the
co-authors of Zork; (his network address on the ITS machines was
at one time pdl@dms).
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