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Icon [1] and Unicon [2] are very interesting languages. They both excel in string processing. Icon had some influence on Python. Unicon is a superset of Icon wi
by open-source-ux 7y ago
Icon [1] and Unicon [2] are very interesting languages. They both excel in string processing. Icon had some influence on Python. Unicon is a superset of Icon with many more features.
Unicon is still under development unlike Icon. I don't think Unicon has ever been discussed on Hacker News. Ever.
[1] https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/icon/ https://www2.cs.arizona.edu/icon/
[2] https://unicon.sourceforge.io/ https://unicon.sourceforge.io/
- nn3 7y agoYes icon is very interesting. It has builtin backtracing, which can be quite useful for text parsing. I also like TXR, which also has builtin backtracing.