1. A polymORphic language being developed by Stephen Crawley of Defence Science & Tech ORg, Australia. Alex has abstract data types, {type inference} and {inheritance}. 2. 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. 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)