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Conference 7.286::atarist

Title:Atari ST, TT, & Falcon
Notice:Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting!
Moderator:FUNYET::ANDERSON
Created:Mon Apr 04 1988
Last Modified:Tue May 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1433
Total number of notes:10312

419.0. "icon programming language?" by ODIUM::DOUG (to bless and not to curse) Wed Mar 08 1989 15:48

i could have sworn i saw something about the icon programming language 
being available in our large collection of cheap s/w...but in searching
thru here, i can't find it...where is it, or am i just nuts.

more importantly, has anyone used icon?  i bought the book by the griswolds,
and it looks fascinating, but then i always have liked languages which are
a bit obscure...what are the opinions of those who have used it?

so, if you've used icon, or have a compiler to share, let me know.

is there an icon notesfile?

				dd
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419.1VINO::BHAMILTONBuzz HamiltonWed Mar 08 1989 18:349
    As listed in note 9.40, there exists four ARC files in the UMICH
    archieve area on the ARPAnet that might be interesting.
    	ICON_BIN.ARC
    	ICON_SRC.ARC
    	ICONE.ARC
    	ICON2.ARC
    
    I can download these to my VAX if you wish.
419.2Already on the netLEDDEV::WALLACEWed Mar 08 1989 18:388
    STICON.ARC contains the files for the ICON language. This file is
    in Pat Keane's [.ARC] directory, see note 9.51 for the full the
    full device/directory location.
    
    NOTE: I have not used ICON so I dont' know anything about this
    implementation.
    
    	Ray
419.3thanksODIUM::DOUGto bless and not to curseWed Mar 08 1989 19:326
    thanks for the offer and info, i'll grab the ones out of pat's
    directory since he's just up the road from here.
    
    still looking for opinions on icon itself...
    
    			dd
419.4Your Icon opinion, sirXCUSME::KRUYThere Ain't No JusticeWed Mar 08 1989 20:2611

	I had to program in Icon for a course up at UNH, about a year
	and a half ago.  It was fascinating.  Never before could you do
	so much with so little code.

	I would definately recommend playing with it if you're interested
	in string manipulation (it was designed for that purpose).


					-sjk
419.5A little bit more info please..ASPEN2::BOIKOThu Mar 09 1989 11:208
    re .4
    
    	Can you tell us a little bit more about this ICON tool/language..
    
    	What does it look like and what exactly is used for.
    
    								Thanks
    								-mike-
419.6Icon briefly.NAC::HARBODare to struggle and dare to winThu Mar 09 1989 17:449
    Icon is a descendent of SNOBOL.  It is based primarily on longterm
    research done at UArizona by Griswald and his students on the nature
    of programming languages and the relationships to algorithms.  It's
    built on the concept of the generator.  It implements this concept
    via a coroutine-like set of primitives for suspending the action
    of a routine and returning a set of results.  U Arizona sends out
    a newsletter on the language.  It's very good for string processing,
    of limited value for other things.  It ships as part of unsupported
    ULTRIX software...