ech@poseidon.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) (10/17/88)
From article <15490@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, by steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield): > does anyone know of something similar to SNOBOL for > powerful and flexible pattern matches and rearrangements. Ralph Griswold and company (one of the originators of SNOBOL) has developed ICON, which he considers the "next" snobol. There is a version that runs under MPW. You might write Griswold at University of Arizona for details. =Ned Horvath=
jimc@iscuva.ISCS.COM (Jim Cathey) (10/18/88)
In article <535@poseidon.ATT.COM> ech@poseidon.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) writes: >Ralph Griswold and company (one of the originators of SNOBOL) has developed >ICON, which he considers the "next" snobol. There is a version that runs >under MPW. You might write Griswold at University of Arizona for details. You will probably get a nice response if you post into comp.lang.icon for more information. +----------------+ ! II CCCCCC ! Jim Cathey ! II SSSSCC ! ISC Systems Corp. ! II CC ! TAF-C8; Spokane, WA 99220 ! IISSSS CC ! UUCP: uunet!iscuva!jimc ! II CCCCCC ! (509) 927-5757 +----------------+ "With excitement like this, who is needing enemas?"
conrad@wucs1.wustl.edu (H. Conrad Cunningham) (10/21/88)
In article <535@poseidon.ATT.COM> ech@poseidon.ATT.COM (Edward C Horvath) writes: >From article <15490@agate.BERKELEY.EDU>, by steve@violet.berkeley.edu (Steve Goldfield): >> does anyone know of something similar to SNOBOL for >> powerful and flexible pattern matches and rearrangements. > >Ralph Griswold and company (one of the originators of SNOBOL) has developed >ICON, which he considers the "next" snobol. There is a version that runs under >MPW. You might write Griswold at University of Arizona for details. > The book: "The Icon Programming Language" By Ralph E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold Prentice-Hall, 1983 is a reference on the ICON language. I think there is a more recent book concerning implementation as well. Conrad Cunningham