Re: NEW: lang/snobol4
On Sun, Nov 05, 2017 at 12:20:48PM -0500, Brian Callahan wrote: Hello Brian, > But the website says that Icon bears little superficial resemblance to > SNOBOL4, which I take to mean you can't take snobol code and run it through > icon, which is what is needed :( As you've probably realised, SNOBOL and Icon (largely) come from the same brain, but with a different intended outcome. Icon was meant to be more like a "normal" programming language than SNOBOL, albeit Icon has backtracking (what Icon calls "goal-directed evaluation"). If I had to give a rough analogy, SNOBOL is sort-of Awk-ish, whereas Icon is an Algol derivative. As that might suggest, the two languages have a really different notion of control flow, which means that it would be hard to do a good job of translating between the two. Summary: if you want to run SNOBOL code, I doubt you have any alternative to a SNOBOL interpreter/compiler :/ I'm glad to see a SNOBOL system submitted to ports! [This brings back memories for me. Many moons ago, I created a language which integrated in Icon's expression evaluation ideas [1]. I learnt a lot!] Laurie [1] http://tratt.net/laurie/research/pubs/html/tratt__experiences_with_an_icon_like_expression_evaluation_system/
Re: NEW: lang/snobol4
On 11/05/17 04:18, Marc Espie wrote: On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 09:11:02PM -0400, Brian Callahan wrote: Hi ports -- Attached is a new port, lang/snobol4, the CSNOBOL4 suite including interpreter, debugger and utilities. --- pkg/DESCR: CSNOBOL4 is a free port of the original SIL (SNOBOL4 Implementation Language) "macro" version of SNOBOL4 (developed at Bell Labs) with the `C' language as a target. SNOBOL4, while known primarily as a string language excels at any task involving symbolic manipulations. It provides dynamic typing, garbage collection, user data types, and on the fly compilation. CSNOBOL4 supports the full SNOBOL4 language plus BLOCKS and SPITBOL and other extensions. --- This port is a joint work between myself and STeve Andre', who takes MAINTAINER. OK? In case people don't know, snobol is one of the ancestors of Icon. If you like snobol, you *should* look at Icon, probably. I did not know about Icon, and am glad to know about it. Thanks! I will definitely look into it (I see you maintain the port of it). But the website says that Icon bears little superficial resemblance to SNOBOL4, which I take to mean you can't take snobol code and run it through icon, which is what is needed :( ~Brian
Re: NEW: lang/snobol4
On Sat, Nov 04, 2017 at 09:11:02PM -0400, Brian Callahan wrote: > Hi ports -- > > Attached is a new port, lang/snobol4, the CSNOBOL4 suite including > interpreter, debugger and utilities. > > --- > pkg/DESCR: > CSNOBOL4 is a free port of the original SIL (SNOBOL4 Implementation > Language) "macro" version of SNOBOL4 (developed at Bell Labs) with the > `C' language as a target. > > SNOBOL4, while known primarily as a string language excels at any task > involving symbolic manipulations. It provides dynamic typing, garbage > collection, user data types, and on the fly compilation. > > CSNOBOL4 supports the full SNOBOL4 language plus BLOCKS and SPITBOL and > other extensions. > --- > > This port is a joint work between myself and STeve Andre', who takes > MAINTAINER. > > OK? In case people don't know, snobol is one of the ancestors of Icon. If you like snobol, you *should* look at Icon, probably.
NEW: lang/snobol4
Hi ports -- Attached is a new port, lang/snobol4, the CSNOBOL4 suite including interpreter, debugger and utilities. --- pkg/DESCR: CSNOBOL4 is a free port of the original SIL (SNOBOL4 Implementation Language) "macro" version of SNOBOL4 (developed at Bell Labs) with the `C' language as a target. SNOBOL4, while known primarily as a string language excels at any task involving symbolic manipulations. It provides dynamic typing, garbage collection, user data types, and on the fly compilation. CSNOBOL4 supports the full SNOBOL4 language plus BLOCKS and SPITBOL and other extensions. --- This port is a joint work between myself and STeve Andre', who takes MAINTAINER. OK? ~Brian snobol4.tgz Description: Binary data
