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String pattern matching in Snobol4 was still stronger than regex for a very long time, possibly still today. A language very ahead of its time.
by gompertz 5y ago
String pattern matching in Snobol4 was still stronger than regex for a very long time, possibly still today. A language very ahead of its time.
- abecedarius 5y agoYep, I recommend Gimpel's old book Algorithms in SNOBOL4 for fun examples (from the days when such a title did not mean an undergrad data-structures-and-algorithms curriculum).
- gompertz 5y agoAgreed it is an excellent book. Even the Catspaw Spitbol manual is well written. Along with the Green Book. An often forgotten period of computing!