XA.W51%STANFORD.BITNET%Berkeley@sri-unix.UUCP (03/14/84)
From: Robert A. Lerche <XA.W51%STANFORD.BITNET@Berkeley> There are two SNOBOL4 implementations I know of for the IBM PC: SPITBOL, from Robert Dewar, is a highly efficient dialect that includes several language extensions. The current release is a "preliminary" version that does not include the ability to create an "EXE" file but is otherwise complete. In the interest of efficiency, integers are limited to the range -32768 to 32767, and the data region is limited to 64K. Another version, slower but supporting large integers and memory space, is the Minnesota SNOBOL4 language. Minnesota SNOBOL4 omits the LOAD function (access to assembly language) which SPITBOL includes. SPITBOL comes with the Realia record manager, a fancy file I/O package that implements keyed, fixed, and variable length file types. SPITBOL is available from Robert B. K. Dewar, SPITBOL Orders, 73 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10003 for $195. Minnesota SNOBOL4 orders should be addressed to SNOBOL4, P. O. Box 441, Millwood, NY 10546. The price is $39.95 ($49.95 includes "The SNOBOL4 Programming Language" book). Ralph Griswold publishes a SNOBOL4 Information Bulletin. The address is Ralph Griswold, Department of Computer Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721.