Phillip Shortman (voiced by Dan Castellanetta) is a character on the Nickelodeon cartoon Hey Arnold! who owns the local boarding house. He is Arnold's grandfather, Pookie/Gertrude's husband, and Miles' father. His nickname is Steely Phil.
A library for portability. Phil makes use of what Autoconf reports so that your C/C++ or Java app doesn't have to. The Phil docs also discuss portability issues that might be of use even without Phil.