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General Information:
This area contains material related to the Icon programming language. All
program material is Version 8. There are some differences in the minor
version numbers.
There's an interpreter as well as a compiler for Icon for some platforms.
We recommend that persons new to Icon start with the interpreter -- it gets
into execution much faster and is best for program development. The compiler
can be used later for improved program performance.
The subdirectories here are:
binaries Executable binaries (only) for different platforms.
contrib User-contributed material. Not tested by us.
doc Documentation.
images Images.
library Icon program library.
misc Odds and ends.
newsgrp Icon newsgroup archives.
packages Program packages for different implementations. Some
contain source, while others do not. See the READ.ME
in the subdirectory.
tools Programs for file transfer and maintenance.
See the READ.ME files in these subdirectories for more information.
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About Downloading:
Files with the following suffixes are text files and should be
transferred in ascii (text) mode:
.com (VMS scripts)
.doc (documents formatted for mono-spaced devices)
.hqx (Macintosh BinHex 4.0 encoding)
Files with the following suffixes contain binary information and
should be transferred in binary (image) mode:
.arc (ARC packaged files)
.bck (VMS BACKUP)
.cpi (UNIX cpio files)
.eps (Encapsulated PostScript files)
.exe (MS-DOS executables)
.gif (CompuServe GIF images)
.lzh (LHARC packaged files)
.ps (PostScript documents)
.tar (UNIX tar files)
.zoo (Zoo packaged files)
.Z (UNIX Compress 4.0 files)
File names without extensions also are binary.
cpio files are written in compatibility mode (-c). To unload foo.cpi, e.g.,
do
cpio -idc <foo.cpi
Although most PostScript (.ps) files can be treated as text and
downloaded in ascii mode, some cannot. It is always safe to transfer
PostScript files as binary data.
Note: In some cases, the files are images of diskettes. As
such, they preserve the structure of the physical distribution as
referred to in their documentation. One consequence of this is
that, for example, there are ARC files within ARC files.
In some cases, ``natural'' file names have been modified to
conform to limitations of some operating systems. You may need
to rename these files at your end.
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Getting Connected:
If you download Icon material, please let us know:
Icon Project
Department of Computer Science
Gould-Simpson Building
The University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
U.S.A.
(602) 621-8448
icon-project@cs.arizona.edu (Internet)
... uunet!arizona!icon-project (uucp)
Be sure to tell us what you downloaded.
We will add you to our Icon Newsletter mailing list if you are
not already on it.
PLEASE NOTE: We need a postal mailing address for this; the Newsletter is
not distributed electronically.