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I would think pattern matching as coming from string processing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMIT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMIT , SNOBOL, ...) and patt

by lispm 3y ago

I would think pattern matching as coming from string processing (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMIT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/COMIT , SNOBOL, ...) and pattern-directed programming coming from rule-based & logic programming (PLANNER, Prolog, ...).