snobol still lives

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: "Bernard A. Galler" <galler () umich edu>
Date: July 26, 2006 8:34:15 AM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on snobol & java

**  You guys are writing about SNOBOL as if it is long gone.   I'm  
still using it, more than once a month, for an application I have.   
Actually, I use SPITBOL, a translator, as opposed to the original  
interpreter, which was available at least until 2003, from Catspaw  
(see www.snobol4.com).

I first met you, Dave, when we installed SNOBOL at the University of  
Michigan as the first installation outside of Bell Labs, and we have  
remained friends ever since!

I taught SNOBOL in every beginning software course at the U of M for  
40 years, to show my students that FORTRAN and COBOL weren't the only  
way to design a language.  I still meet people who remind me how they  
learned SNOBOL in my course.  It had an impact!
Bernie

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