[comp.sys.mac] SNOBOL

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.  

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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