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Folks,
Just wanted to report on my use of Icon for the ICFP programming challenge.
I found Icon to be well-suited to this task, particularly the string scanning capability and built-in data structures. Most of the problems I experienced with it were due to my lack of familiarity with it (though the red book helped a lot) and using keywords from other languages. Although for a variety of reasons I did not complete the task in time, I did try some test runs on a large file and Icon performed within time. Kudos to all involved in the creation and maintenance of this amazing tool.