FWIW: My recollection is that doubled quotes were not supported on the 360/370 version for SNOBOL4 running at University of Michigan. This was on MTS rather...
Viktors Berstis
viktors@...
Jan 2, 2001 3:38 am
3887
... 360/370 version for SNOBOL4 running at University of Michigan. This was on MTS rather then one of IBM's OS's so this may have made a difference. I think...
gep2@...
Jan 2, 2001 6:24 am
3888
- Many thanks to Viktors & Phil for their archive-worthy messages! Mike - - P.S. As a wrap-up, here are both versions together...: On Mon, 1 Jan 2001, Viktors...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 2, 2001 8:08 pm
3889
I understand that this is a "philosophical" question... Thanks to this list, I understood that abandoning completely Snobol for Icon was not a wise idea. I...
Guido Milanese
gmilanese@...
Jan 3, 2001 1:19 pm
3890
you could add (6) use Ada with the SPITBOL pattern matching library :-)...
dewar@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:10 pm
3891
... Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Guido, I use INF with is a completely 'controlled' preprocesor for Catspaw's ...
Arjan Loeffen
arjan@...
Jan 3, 2001 2:34 pm
3892
Guido Milanese wrote: .. ... .. Well, since this group is pretty well devoted to "philosophical" questions these days... I'm curious as to what the perceived...
Steve Wampler
swampler@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:10 pm
3893
My two cents on SNOBOL-4 vs ICON (speaking just about pattern matching) There are two aspects of SNOBOL-4 pattern matching 1. A declarative style, in which...
dewar@...
Jan 3, 2001 3:29 pm
3894
You might consider Ruby, a language that provides basically the same regular expression pattern matching facilities of perl, but in many other respects is much...
Dennis Newbold
dennisn@...
Jan 3, 2001 4:25 pm
3895
- Regarding Phil's TCP/IP code...: On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Phillip Thomas wrote: - David ... - Phillip ... - For _UNIX-only_, of course. Anyone know of a library...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 3, 2001 7:44 pm
3896
... Thanks. I studied some of the documentation files and I like it. However, it seems to be running only on msdos -- windows, right? any way to run it on...
Guido Milanese
gmilanese@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:04 pm
3897
- On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Steve Wampler wrote: ...snipped... - ... - ^^^^^^ Thanks! Interesting observation, Steve. Several of our...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:09 pm
3898
... these days... That's what tends to happen when you have such a stable and reliable compiler. ... problems and issues to discuss. :-) ... that for 90% of...
gep2@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:23 pm
3899
... Does that also provide CODE() and EVAL() functions, too? :-) Gordon Peterson http://personal.terabites.com/ Support the Anti-SPAM...
gep2@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:24 pm
3900
... excellent SPITBOL386. INF has a lot of what I need, including real object-oriented programming constructs. I use it or my own scripting needs, It looks...
gep2@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:24 pm
3901
... No problem. ... Icon was not a wise idea. I don't know "wise". I just know that I've used both languages, and personally I find that S*BOL is simply more...
gep2@...
Jan 3, 2001 9:25 pm
3902
Gordon, thanks for your rather complete response. I'll try to add some clarification where appropriate. ... I did. I have had it since the early 90ies, and...
Arjan Loeffen
arjan@...
Jan 3, 2001 10:58 pm
3903
<<Does that also provide CODE() and EVAL() functions, too? :-) ... No, certainly not, this is a compiled strongly typed environment!...
dewar@...
Jan 3, 2001 11:15 pm
3904
... written in? Is it open-source? ... interpreter some 3 years ago (implementing INF(), INFE() and INFC(), somewhat equivalent to CODE based functions). The...
gep2@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:03 am
3905
- Please: What is the URL for Robert's Ada pattern-matcher? Thanks! ^^^^^^ + I sleuthed gnat.com and cs.nyu.edu, with no luck. + Google and AV didn't find it,...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:05 am
3906
... It just so happens that yesterday I picked up an Athlon-900 PC for home use (mostly for x86 Unix driver development, for my "real work") I installed the...
Phil Budne
phil@...
Jan 4, 2001 12:27 am
3907
- FWIW: I've found useful pattern-matching resources at this URL. Much of the material _is_ bio-related (softmatch & sliding) pattern-matching, for which...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 1:19 am
3908
pick up any binary distribution of GNAT and install it, then go look in the library for the files g-spipat.ad? g-spitbo.ad? g-sptabo.ad? g-sptain.ads ...
dewar@...
Jan 4, 2001 1:20 am
3909
- ... - Ruby is worthy pf mention; here's my uninformed $0.02 on this: Last month a friend suggested playing with Ruby; I downloaded it and gave it a quick...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:00 am
3910
- Wow! Thanks, Phil! BTW: Has anyone told you _recently_ that you are _amazing_? On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Phil Budne wrote: ...snipped... - Mike ... Phil ... - I'm...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 2:50 am
3911
- On Wed, 3 Jan 2001 gep2@... wrote: ...snipped... Arjan ... Gordon ... - _Ipse_dixit_. Not more. Not less. As a frequent Perl user, I find it...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:26 am
3912
- Robert: Thanks! I was trying too hard... Mike - - PS I note you've wisely avoided commenting on my compiler "re-invocation" suggestion. ;-) On Wed, 3 Jan...
Mike Radow
mradow@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:32 am
3913
I don't think "Unicon" is Unix-only, despite the "Un". Those letters may refer to University of Nevada, or to a distinction from "orthodox" Icon, like 7-Up...
Mark Laster
mlaster@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:35 am
3914
Hmmm! I really can't think of anything for which Perl is "uniquely suited". In any situation I can think of there are better choices than Perl, which has an...
dewar@...
Jan 4, 2001 3:47 am
3915
<<PS I note you've wisely avoided commenting on my compiler "re-invocation" suggestion. ;-) ... I have been wizzing through email recently, I must adbmit,...
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