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1.English - (Obsolete) The source code for a program, which may be in any language, as opposed to the linkable or executable binary produced from it by a compiler. The idea behind the term is that to a real hacker, a program written in his favourite programming language is at least as readable as English. Usage: mostly by old-time hackers, though recognisable in context.
2.English - The official name of the database language used by the Pick operating system, actually a sort of crufty, brain-damaged SQL with delusions of grandeur. The name permits marketroids to say "Yes, and you can program our computers in English!" to ignorant suits without quite running afoul of the truth-in-advertising laws.

["Exploring the Pick Operating System", J.E. Sisk et al, Hayden 1986].


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It is arguable that the Vatican should take in hand the Englishing of the Bible, as well as the Liturgy, and promote a common Bible for the English-speaking Catholic world.
Liturgiam authenticam, Part II by Somerville, Fr. Stephen / Catholic Insight
He was the author of the Munster translation that had been dedicated to Sidney's grandfather; two years later he had published his expanded version of Peter Martyr's Decades, dedicated to Sidney's godfather, Philip of Spain, and Mary Tudor; and in 1561 he had followed this with an influential Englishing of Martin Cortes' Arte de Navigar.
Querre-Muhau: Sir Philip Sidney and the New World by Kuin, Roger / Renaissance Quarterly
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