From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008) [foldoc]:
Alex
<language> 1. A polymorphic language being developed by
Stephen Crawley <sxc@itd.dtso.oz.au> of Defence Science & Tech
Org, Australia. Alex has abstract data types, {type
inference} and inheritance.
2. <language> An ISWIM-like language with {exception
handling}.
["An Exception Handling Construct for Functional Languages",
M. Brez et al, in Proc ESOP88, LNCS 300, Springer 1988].
3. <tool> A scanner generator. Alexis is its input
language.
["Alex: A Simple and Efficient Scanner Generator", H.
Mossenbock, SIGPLAN Notices 21(5), May 1986].
(1994-12-15)