Hi! This list seems pretty dead these days. Some of you may remember me as a regular contributor, and I thought I'd explain why I have dropped out of sight: ...
... [ etc . . . ] A very interesting message. There are a lot of parallels to my own experience. A few years ago I learned SNOBOL4 and was very enthusiastic....
On Fri, 8 Jun 2007 14:10:42 +0100 (BST) ... FWIW, I'm still doing a lot of development in SPITBOL, and other equally arcane languaages. :-) Part of what I...
Dear Friends, the list looks slowly fading over the horizon... so I take the liberty of asking a question that I'm afraid will be regarded as extremely...
... I didn't find a "generic" method (Phil?), but in my attempt to implement "readline" functionality I use some kind of readkey... Check the groups file...
... Being a linguist, this is the most important reason of my long-lasting love with this language! ... Good point. Nice to see the list giving some sign of...
Hi Jonathan, I have put off responding to your posting. A lot of what you mention has been running through my mind as of late as i think about the current...
I just wanted to post to let everyone know that Spitbol still gets regular usage in my world. I still haven't found anything better for complex pattern...
I know of at least a half dozen major printing companies that use SPITBOL applications as an integral part of their daily production. Being able to deliver a...
... It depends which SPITBOL you're talking about. I copied HOST() functions from SPARC (Sun) SPITBOL. I think PC (DOS) SPITBOL has a different set. Here is...
Way back when, Mark Emmer used to offer Snobol T-shirts. (BTW, are any of those still available Mark?) Anyway, i was walking out to the parking lot today,...
On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 21:47:35 -0500 ... I think Mark probably still has some of his. His are printed with many more colors but are printed on black T-shirts...
I would buy ones in Large or Xlarge. If someone could upload a design to customink.... http://www.customink.com/indexb.html ... From: snobol@yahoogroups.com...
- /* This posting is informational. + A new thread is not anticipated. */ An excellent use for SNOBOL4 is emitting well-formed HTML and XML. Browsers do a fine...
- Recent ''direct mail'' from Phil jogged the neurons, here. Back in April, this __short_article__ -- pertaining to the continuing viability of ADA -- was...
It is certainly true that people should not be too concerned about adhering to (and blindly following) what language is "trendy" this month, this year, or even...
Hi Mike, Sorry for the tardy reply. ... I certainly think that Snobol/Spitbol has a place today. I say this as I continue to use it today! I would only add...
Does anyone have the source for a form of snobol4/spitbol that was presented as a windows dll? I recall it was out about 4-5 years ago and could be used to...
On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:31:35 -0400 ... Hmmmm... I don'r recall seeing that, but if it was here long enough ago, you MIGHT still find the posts archived in the...
... Actually, a coworker of mine used to work in the Tivoli division at IBM, and was using Prolog there. It's a plenty good way of characterizing complex...
From: fnaa454 ... I don't think Gordon meant that as a slam of any language just used it as an example. The bigger point was to use a language or tool ...
... I just want to share a case where it turned out SPITBOL (on Sparc, from Catspaw) was the right tool for a billing application. I was on a consulting gig...
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 08:24:23 -0700 ... Processing batch streams of data is one of the (many) things that SPITBOL does EXTREMELY well. :-) At one of my clients...
Hi Gordon, ... The conversion to PDF is done by SPITBOL, or do you call another app? Regards, KGB ... Kevin G. Barkes Email: kgbarkes@... KGB Report: ...
On Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:59:16 -0400 "Kevin G. Barkes" <kgbarkes@...> wrote: Hi Gordon, If we have E-mail or fax addresses, the SPITBOL app converts the ...
- /* As the guy who started this thread -- w/o intentions of any tag-on's -- it sure has gone pretty far astray. <sigh> Mike */ Good pointer, Kevin. I cannot...
On Wed, 18 Jul 2007 15:31:35 -0700 (PDT) Mike Radow <mikeradow@...> wrote: - /* As the guy who started this thread -- w/o intentions of any tag-on's --...
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