[net.lang] Does anyone know about SNOBOL4 for System III/V ?

msk@afinitc.UUCP (Morris Kahn) (05/10/84)

I would like to know if there is a UNIX (System III or V)
version of this language available.

Thanks to all who will respond!!!!
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ark@rabbit.UUCP (Andrew Koenig) (05/11/84)

There is indeed a SNOBOL4 that runs under the UNIX system.
It is available from

	Dewar Information Systems Corporation
	221 West Lake Street
	Oak Park IL 60302
	(312) 524-1644

The actual name of the product is Macrospitbol.  It is essentially
a full implementation of SNOBOL4, but there are a few extensions and
restrictions.  It is a robust implementation that is almost
unbelievably fast.  It runs on PDP-11s under System III, V7, Berkeley,
or RSX, and VAXes under 4.1BSD, System III, System V, or VMS.  I think that
current prices are about $1200 for the first cpu and $600 for each
additional cpu.