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SNOBOL

SNOBOL (StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language) is a series of programming languages developed between 1962 and 1967 at AT&T Bell Laboratories by David J. Farber, Ralph Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky, culminating in SNOBOL4. It was one of a number of text-string-oriented languages developed during the 1950s and 1960s; others included COMIT and TRAC.…

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Designed by
David J. Farber, Ralph Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky
Developer
David J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold, Ivan P. Polonsky, and Bell Labs
First appeared
1962; 64 years ago (1962)
Paradigm
Imperative, procedural, unstructured
Stable release
SNOBOL4 / 1967; 59 years ago (1967)

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SNOBOL

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Edges68
Triples115
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028986
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SNOBOL

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related to Further reading · 30
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related to External links · 23
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related to SNOBOL4 · 13
SNOBOL → As SNOBOL3, Douglas McIlroy, However, In, McIlroy, SIL, SNOBOL Implementation Language, SNOBOL4, The, The SNOBOL4, They, This, To
related to Naming · 9
SNOBOL → According, Common, Dave Farber, Griswold, Language, Polonsky, StriNg Oriented, String Oriented Symbolic Language, Symbolic EXpression Interpreter SEXI
related to Implementations · 8
SNOBOL → Bell Labs, Holmdel, IBM, It, PDP-10, SNOBOL4, SPITBOL, The
related to SNOBOL4 features · 6
SNOBOL → ALGOL, COBOL, Fortran, Pascal, SNOBOL4, SNOBOL4's
related to SNOBOL1 · 5
SNOBOL → As, However, IBM, It, The
related to SNOBOL3 · 3
SNOBOL → As, IBM, SNOBOL3
Designed by · 1
SNOBOL → David J. Farber, Ralph Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky
Developer · 1
SNOBOL → David J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold, Ivan P. Polonsky, and Bell Labs

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snobol4 language languages programming griswold patterns pattern expressions ralph implementation used spitbol string regular isbn polonsky features also farber name

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SNOBOLDesigned byDavid J. Farber, Ralph Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky1.00infobox
SNOBOLDeveloperDavid J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold, Ivan P. Polonsky, and Bell Labs1.00infobox
SNOBOLFirst appeared1962; 64 years ago (1962)1.00infobox
SNOBOLParadigmImperative, procedural, unstructured1.00infobox
SNOBOLStable releaseSNOBOL4 / 1967; 59 years ago (1967)1.00infobox
SNOBOLWebsitehttps://www.regressive.org/snobol4/1.00infobox
JavaScript whose patterns are known as regular expressionsinstance ofmuch like later object-oriented languages0.80text
AWKinstance ofits use faded as newer languages0.80text
Perl made string manipulation by means of regular expressions fashionableinstance ofits use faded as newer languages0.80text
Fortraninstance ofwhich are radically different from contemporary procedural languages0.80text
ALGOL.SNOBOL4 supports a number of built-in data typesinstance ofwhich are radically different from contemporary procedural languages0.80text
such as integersinstance ofwhich are radically different from contemporary procedural languages0.80text

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