The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

META 5

   Early syntax-directed compiler-compiler, used for
   translating one high-level language to another.

   Versions: META II, META-3.

   ["META 5: A Tool to Manipulate Strings of Data",
   D.K. Oppenheim et al, Proc 21st Natl Conf, ACM 1966].

   [Sammet 1969, p. 638].

   (1995-01-23)