A history of the SNOBOL programming languages

  • Authors:
  • Ralph E. Griswold

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGPLAN Notices - Special issue: History of programming languages conference
  • Year:
  • 1978

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Abstract

Development of the SNOBOL language began in 1962. It was followed by SNOBOL2, SNOBOL3, and SNOBOL4. Except for SNOBOL2 and SNOBOL3 (which were closely related), the others differ substantially and hence are more properly considered separate languages than versions of one language. In this paper historical emphasis is placed on the original language, SNOBOL, although important aspects of the subsequent languages are covered.