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Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:46:59 -0800
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From: Tony Meadow <tmeadow@bearriver.com>
Subject: Icon's popularity in print
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I was surprised to see Icon mentioned on an interesting chart of
programming languages on pgs 60-61 in the July 2002 issue of Wired.
(Ok, I'm a little behind in my reading.) It claims that Snobol is
active (in their words "thousands of users"), Snobol 4 is extinct
("no known active users or up-to-date compilers") and the Icon is
endangered ("usage dropping off"). No mention of Unicon. Also on the
endangered list: Pascal, APL, Smalltalk, Modula 2.
It describes Icon as "A general-purpose language known for its beauty
and grace. Designed by Ralph Griswold to be successor to Snobol 4".
Wow! That would make a nice signature for an Icon mailing list.
My suggestion to increase the usage of Icon is for people who are
actively using it to write an article for the trade journals .. Dr.
Dobbs, New Architect, etc. People aren't going to pick up a language
they've never heard of.
Off-topic: Other tidbits in this issue: besides articles on a lot of
crappy toys for people with too much money, p 37 has an brief blurb
of John Poidexter and the new "Information Awareness Office" in the
DoD. Rather than cover this with any semblance of objectivity, it
closes with "Besides, who better to monitor email than a guy who
faced jail for shredding digital paper trails?" Sheesh.
Tony Meadow