tool: beta2

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Language:	Snobol4
Version:	0.91
Parts:	compiler(->C)
Author:	Phil Budne <phil@cs.bu.edu>
Location:	ftp://cs.arizona.edu/snobol4/budne/beta2.tar.Z
Description:	An implementation of Ralph Griswold's SNOBOL 4, a classic early language design specialized for text and string manipulation that (among other things) influenced UNIX rexexp syntax. See also Icon. This compiler is implemented as macro programs in SIL (SNOBOL Implementation Language); this is a SIL implementation plus macros with C as the target language.
Features:	supports loading of C library functions on BSD systems
Contact:	snobol4@arizona.edu
Ports:	various UNIX flavors, including 'generic' and 'POSIX' APIs
Updated:	June 24th, 1986

language: Snobol4

category: scripting languages summary, or expanded.

category: text manipulation summary, or expanded.