At 07:12 PM 16-03-98 -0800, John Rollins wrote:
>>Am I to understand that you don't like SNOBOL? :^)
>What exactly is SNOBOL? The library here has two books on it, I have looked
>at both and couldn't really figure much out.
Well the definitive reference is "The Snobol4 Programming Language" by
Griswold, Poage and Polonsky published by Prentice Hall. My copy is the
second edition published in 1971. It's been 23 years since I did anything
serious with Snobol and a quick look at the book didn't bring much back :-).
The preface made interesting reading: "SNOBOL4 has been implemented on
several different computers, including the IBM System/360, UNIVAC 1108, GE
365, CDC3600, CDC 6000 series, PDP-10, Sigma 5/6/7. Atlas 2 and RCA Spectra
70 Series". Wow, an interesting list of Classic Computers if I ever saw one...
I found one web pointer of interest at
http://www.mindspring.com/~viktors/snobol4.htm
Sorry not to include any off-topic material :-)
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