cjeffery@CS.ARIZONA.EDU ("Clinton Jeffery") (11/18/89)
A copy of Idol, an Icon-derived object language, is available by anonymous ftp from cs.arizona.edu (or arizona.edu). The distribution is in the icon subdirectory, and you can take your pick of file formats: idol.arc, idol.zoo, idol.cpi, idol.tar, and idol.shr (ARC, ZOO, CPIO, TAR, or SHAR format, respectively). Idol is a preprocessor which provides Icon with classes and multiple inheritance in the form of an augmented record data type. The current version has not been tested on non-UNIX systems; feel free to add support for your favorite system and email it to me. Bug reports (and fixes!) concerning Idol should be sent to cjeffery@cs.arizona.edu rather than the Icon project. I would appreciate feedback from anyone who uses Idol in a substantial Icon application. Clint Jeffery