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Icon/SNOBOL4 evangelism
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Bruce Axtens
Sep 4, 2019, 10:37:59 PM9/4/19
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It bugs me a bit that SNOBOL4 -- and Icon, I suppose ;) -- is not one of
the languages offered at <https://exercism.io/>.
"Level up your programming skills with 3,029 exercises across 50
languages, and insightful discussion with our dedicated team of
welcoming mentors. Exercism is 100% free forever."
There many languages represented even Delphi Pascal, Scheme and LISP.
But no Icon/SNOBOL4! Starting and maintaining a language presence there
isn't hard -- the infrastructure is well developed -- and the path of
least resistance would be to adapt the existing tasks rather than
generate new ones.
Just an idea. No pressure. But keeping Icon/SNOBOL4 going does mean
introducing new people to it.
-- Bruce
the languages offered at <https://exercism.io/>.
"Level up your programming skills with 3,029 exercises across 50
languages, and insightful discussion with our dedicated team of
welcoming mentors. Exercism is 100% free forever."
There many languages represented even Delphi Pascal, Scheme and LISP.
But no Icon/SNOBOL4! Starting and maintaining a language presence there
isn't hard -- the infrastructure is well developed -- and the path of
least resistance would be to adapt the existing tasks rather than
generate new ones.
Just an idea. No pressure. But keeping Icon/SNOBOL4 going does mean
introducing new people to it.
-- Bruce
Robert Shiplett
Apr 28, 2020, 1:48:03 PM4/28/20
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i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)
Frank J. Lhota
Jul 25, 2020, 5:28:30 PM7/25/20
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On 4/28/2020 1:48 PM, Robert Shiplett wrote:
> i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)
We would have more luck if there were a Unicon / Object Icon fusion
> i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)
language.
--
"All things extant in this world,
Gods of Heaven, gods of Earth,
Let everything be as it should be;
Thus shall it be!"
- Magical chant from "Magical Shopping Arcade Abenobashi"
"Drizzle, Drazzle, Drozzle, Drome,
Time for this one to come home!"
- Mr. Wizard from "Tooter Turtle"
Anthk
Jan 30, 2023, 12:03:23 PM1/30/23
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On 2020-04-28, Robert Shiplett <grshi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)
Add Unicode to Unicon (and fix some bugs on Ivib), and you'll
> i do my small bit for Unicorn, Object Icon ;-)
get a good RAD alternative to monstruousities like Java.
VBerstis
Feb 5, 2023, 5:48:05 PM2/5/23
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You might be interested in my efforts at snobol5.org. I am updating snobol, works on 64bit Intel/Amd processors on Windows and Linux.
Anthk
Feb 13, 2023, 6:58:50 AM2/13/23
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On 2023-02-05, VBerstis <vberst...@pages.plusgoogle.com> wrote:
> You might be interested in my efforts at snobol5.org. I am updating snobol, works on 64bit Intel/Amd processors on Windows and Linux.
Thanks, but I'm more interested on Unicon because of the cheap but usable GUI
> You might be interested in my efforts at snobol5.org. I am updating snobol, works on 64bit Intel/Amd processors on Windows and Linux.
support, OOP and some network featurs, as it seems a sane multiplatform
alternative to Java without the Oracle trap.
As I said, having Unicode in the 21th century it's a must. I could
print some utf8 encoded strings (in code) and they printed well
under my terminal, but I had no luck on XFT/Unicode support
on the desktop. That and XFT (nothing fancy,
something basic like TCL/TK would be more than enough) would
make a matching dream to the current bloatness.
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