VULCAN 1. (database) A version of JPLDIS ported to CP/M by Wayne Ratliff around 1980. VULCAN evolved into dBASE II.
2. (database) The dBASE-like interpreter and compiler sold by RSPI with their Emerald Bay product. [Same as 1?] 3. (language) An early string manipulation language. ["VULCAN - A String Handling Language with Dynamic Storage Control", E.P. Storm et al, Proc FJCC 37, AFIPS, Fall 1970]. 4. (language) A concurrent object-oriented logic programming language implemented as a preprocessor for FCP by Kahn et al at Xerox PARC. ["Vulcan: Logical Concurrent Objects", K. Kahn et al in Research Directions in Object- Oriented Programming, A.B. Shriver et al eds, MIT Press 1987]. Last updated: 2004-09-01