SNOBOL (StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language) is a series of programming languages developed between 1962 and 1967 at Bell Labs by David Farber, Ralph Griswold and Ivan Polonsky, designed for string manipulation and pattern matching, with SNOBOL4 the most widely used version. SNOBOL4 differs from most programming languages in that its fundamental data-matching operations are pattern matching, and it was widely used through the 1970s for text processing before its designer moved on to develop the successor language Icon.
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First Released ParadigmImperative, procedural, unstructured 1 SignificanceSNOBOL4 was widely taught at American universities and became a common text manipulation language in the humanities during the 1970s and 1980s. 1 Connections
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1. SNOBOL - Wikipedia
Infobox, First appeared
First appeared: 1962; 64 years ago (1962)
Infobox, Paradigm
Paradigm: Imperative, procedural, unstructured
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SNOBOL4 was quite widely taught in larger U.S. universities in the late 1960s and early 1970s and was widely used in the 1970s and 1980s as a text manipulation language in the humanities.
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