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by baskerville.CS.Arizona.EDU (8.11.1/8.11.1) id g94Ebk213108
for icon-group-addresses; Fri, 4 Oct 2002 07:37:46 -0700 (MST)
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Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 23:17:50 -0400
From: Brian Clausing <clausing@voyager.net>
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Subject: Re: icon
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"Frank J. Lhota" wrote:
>
> I still use Icon for code analysis / generation. I must admit there are
> times where it feels like I'm the world's last Icon programmer.
It's a superior tool for many purposes, and it is being used
commercially. I'm told that one reason it was selected for commercial
work is that Icon programs are 5-10 times smaller than their
counterparts in popular programming languages. The Icon system, which
one seemed to be large, now looks small in comparison to the huge
memories and elephantine applications of the present day. Much
programming these days involves handling text, and a great number of
programs are interpreted. Griswold and colleagues have created a
coherent and powerful system in Icon. And the source doesn't look like
line noise.