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Bibliography of Documents Related to the SNOBOL, SL5, and Icon Programming Languages Bibliography of Documents Related to the SNOBOL, SL5, and Icon Programming Languages Compiled by Ralph E. Griswold and Madge T. Griswold TR85-13c July 24,1985; last revised December 19,1989 Department of Computer Science The University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona 85721 Bibliography of Documents Related to the SNOBOL, SL5, and Icon Programming Languages Preface This bibliography is divided into a number of sections according to the subject matter of the entries. These divi­ sions are somewhat arbitrary, and frequently a document contains some material relating to a variety of areas. In such cases, the area of major applicability has been selected. There are certainly some errors of classification; corrections are welcome. One problem in developing this bibliography has been to determine the relevance and significance of material that might be included. Some entries contain comparatively little material of substance that is directly related to the SNOBOL, SL5, and Icon languages. In the "applications" categories, some entries are included where it is known that SNOBOL, SL5, or Icon was used, even if that is not evident in the documents themselves. Many of the documents listed in this bibliography are not readily available. This applies particularly to the inter­ nal reports of industrial organizations. Such organizations are usually unwilling to supply copies of reports, and readers are advised not to request such documents. Similarly, we are not in a position to supply copies of docu­ ments, except some of those authored at The University of Arizona. The format of the entries is largely self-explanatory. In general, information has been recorded as it appears on the document itself (where the document was available). In some cases, an author's name has been "normalized" to facilitate the computer preparation of this document. Information known to the us, but not appearing on the docu­ ment, is enclosed in brackets. This convention has not been applied uniformly with respect to addresses, which have sometimes been supplied without brackets. For some of the documents authored at Bell Laboratories, the cor­ porate address (Murray Hill, New Jersey) has been used, although these documents actually may have originated at branch laboratories. We are indebted to many persons, especially those who have supplied documents. Ralph E. Griswold Madge T. Griswold December 19, 1989 ,, »^^***lflP 'TCj*w4|i...—. CONTENTS SNOBOL 1 Language Descriptions and User Manuals 1 Applications 10 Implementation 20 Hardware 25 Miscellaneous 26 SL5 31 Icon 33 Language Descriptions and User Manuals 33 Applications 36 Implementation ;....38 Miscellaneous 41 Theory and Design Issues 44 Related Languages and Language Features 46 -in- —.HC1SNOBOLfor the Macintosh, [User Guide], Human-Computer Interface Bumard, L D.' 'SNOBOL:TheLanguageforLiterary Computing", Association Limited,Cambridge.England, 1988.87pages. for Literary and Linguistic Computing Bulletin, Vol. 6, No. 3 (1978). pp. Abrahams, Paul W. Symbol Manipulation Languages. AEC Research and 268-278.Part2,Vol.7.No. 1 (1979).pp.44-55;Part3,Vol.7.No.2(1979). Development Report NYO-1480-97, New York University, New York. pp.l47-154;Part4,Vol.7.No.3(1979).pp.257-267. June, 1968.119pages. Bums.Bruce. "SNOBOLConquers AW,BYTE, Vol.4.No. 6(June, 1979). pp. Abrahams, Paul W. "Symbol Manipulation Languages", in Advances in Com­ 220-221. puters, Vol. 9 (Alt, Franz L. and Rubinoff, Morris, editors). Academic Butler, Christopher. Computers in Linguistics. Basil Blackwell, Oxford, Eng­ Press. New York.New York. 1968. pp. 51-111. land. 1985. 266 pages. Abrahams, Paul W. "Improving the Control Structure of SNOBOL4", SIG- Calise, M. F. [DiskFunctionsforSNOBOU.] Memorandum for File, Bell Tele­ PLANNotices,V6L.9,No.5QAiy, 1974).pp. 10-12. phone Laboratories, Inc., Murray Hill, New Jersey. February 11,1966. 4 Addyman, A. M "A Language for Literary Data Processing; I—The Choice of a pages. Language", Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing Bulletin, Campbell, J. A. Comparative Survey of Programming Languages. Report CPT- VoL4,No.2(1976).pp.l46-151. 121, Department of Physics, Center for Particle Theory, and Department of Aho, Alfred V.; Kemighan, Brian W.; and Weinberger, Peter J The AWK Pro­ Computer Sciences, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas. October, gramming Language. Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, Reading, 1971.135 pages. Massachusetts. 1988.p. 186. [Chai, David T.] SNOBOL4 Programming Manual. [The Bunker-Ramo Cor­ [Alexander, George A.]' 'Programming in Snobol (sic)'', The SeyboldReport on poration, Canoga Park, California.] October, 1967. 6 pages + reprints of otherdocuments. 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