language: Icon

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Language:	Icon

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Language:	BNF (variant), Icon
Package:	Ibpag2 (Icon-Based Parser Generation System 2)
Version:	1.2
Parts:	parser generator (Icon, SLR(1))
Author:	Richard L. Goerwitz <goer@midway.uchicago.edu>
Location:	comp.sources.misc volume 44
Description:	Ibpag2 is a parser generator for Icon. It does most of what you would expect. Latest version can handle both SLR(1) and even GLR (Tomita) grammars.
Ports:	unix
Portability:	? (Unix dependencies?)
Updated:	September 25th, 1994

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Language:	Icon
Package:	icon
Version:	8.8 (8.7, 8.5, 8.0 depending on platform)
Parts:	interpreter, compiler (some platforms), library (v8.8)
Author:	Ralph Griswold <ralph@CS.ARIZONA.EDU>
Location:	ftp://cs.arizona.edu/icon/* MS-DOS version: ftp://bellcore.com/norman/iconexe.zip
Description:	Icon is a high-level, general purpose programming language that contains many features for processing nonnumeric data, particularly for textual material consisting of string of characters. Some features are reminiscent of SNOBOL, which Griswold had previously designed. - no packages, one name-space - no exceptions + object oriented features + records, sets, lists, strings, tables + unlimited line length - unix interface is primitive + co-expressions
Reference:	"The Icon Programming Language", Ralph E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold, Prentice Hall, seond edition, 1990. "The Implementation of the Icon Programming Language", Ralph E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold, Princeton University Press 1986
Ports:	Amiga, Atari, CMS, Macintosh, Macintosh/MPW, MSDOS, MVS, OS/2, Unix (most variants), VMS, Acorn
Discussion:	comp.lang.icon
Contact:	icon-project@cs.arizona.edu mengarini@delphi.com for MS-DOS version
Updated:	August 21st, 1992

category: text manipulation summary, or expanded.