Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Hals \Hals\, n. [AS. heals; akin to D., G., & Goth. hals. See
{Collar}.]
The neck or throat. [Obs.]
Do me hangen by the hals. --Chaucer.
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
Hal/S
(Hal/Shuttle) A {real-time} {high-level language}
for flight control applications. Hal was developed for {NASA}
by {Intermetrics, Inc.} in the 1970s for on-board {software}.
The initial version was a {Fortran} {preprocessor}, written in
Fortran. In 1972, as the space shuttle project advanced, the
language was renamed Hal/S and made more adaptable to
{architecture} of different computers by using {XPL}. In all,
11 different implementations, mostly based on {IBM 360}, were
created. Applications also included projects by {JPL}
(Galileo probe, Deep Space network).
["Two-Dimensional Characteristics of HAL, A Language for
Spaceflight Applications", J.S. Miller, SIGPLAN Notices 7(10),
Oct 1972].
["Space Station Flight Software: Hal/S or Ada?", Allan
R. Klumpp, "Computer", March 1985].
(2002-07-13)