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Programming Language

SNOBOL

Procedural Language

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.

Facts
First Released
1962 1
Paradigm
Imperative, procedural, unstructured 2
Significance
SNOBOL4 was widely taught at American universities and became a common text manipulation language in the humanities during the 1970s and 1980s. 2
Connections

In Field

Programming Language Theory, Fields
Source SNOBOL - Wikipedia

Influenced

AWK, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: AWK
Icon (programming language), Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Icon
Lua, Programming Languages
Source Wikidata: Lua

Invented By

David J. Farber, Pioneers
Source Wikidata: SNOBOL

Predecessor Of

Icon (programming language), Programming Languages
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Developed By

Bell Labs

Also in Business Atlas: the developer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikidata: SNOBOL
  • Wikidata Q522041, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q522041 P571 (inception)
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2. SNOBOL - Wikipedia
  • Infobox: year
    1962
  • Infobox: paradigm
    Imperative, procedural, unstructured
  • Lead paragraph
    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.
  • In Field: Programming Language Theory, Lead sentence
    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
  • In Group: List and String Processing Languages, Lead
    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.
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Wikidata: Icon
Influenced: Icon (programming language)View the Source
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