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for icon-group-addresses; Wed, 31 May 2000 08:38:33 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Wed, 31 May 2000 06:49:35 -0700
From: Steve Wampler <swampler@noao.edu>
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To: icon-group <icon-group@optima.CS.Arizona.EDU>
Subject: Re: coexpression history
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Bob Ardler wrote:
>
> Did the word 'coexpression' or the associated idea originate with icon?
> Or is it a high school computer science thing?
The word originated with Icon. The associated idea grew out of talks
between Ralph and me but has roots in several places, with the two
most prominent ones being the general concept of coroutines (several
languages) and a feature found in the pattern matching language that
is embedded in SNOBOL4.
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Steve Wampler- SOLIS Project, National Solar Observatory
swampler@noao.edu