idol

n 1: a material object that is worshipped as a god; "thou shalt

not make unto thee any graven image"; "money was his

god" [syn: {graven image}, {god}]

2: someone who is adored blindly and excessively [syn: {matinee

idol}]

3: an ideal instance; a perfect embodiment of a concept [syn: {paragon},

{perfection}, {beau ideal}]

IDOL

Icon-Derived Object Language. An {object-oriented}

{preprocessor} for {Icon}.

{(ftp://src.doc.ic.ac.uk/pub/languages/icon/idol.tar.Z)}

["Programming in Idol: An Object Primer", C.L. Jeffery, U

Arizona CS TR #90-10].