MVT

tool: SPITBOL

Purpose:

SPITBOL (Speedy Implementation of SNOBOL) is a compiled implementation of the SNOBOL4 (String Oriented Symbolic Language) programming language. SNOBOL was one of several character-string oriented languages developed during the 1950s and 1960s. The tool is widely regarded as the most efficient method of executing SNOBOL4 programs, due to the use of a garbage collector to manage memory usage and a compile time decision-making system.

Features:

Character-string programming language

A&H use case 1 description:

The 'Text database of narrative poetry of the Italian Renaissance' project used SPITBOL to analyse accentual structure, syllable divisions, alliteration, assonance and rhyme within narrative poems of the Italian Renaissance.

Publisher:

Robert Dewar and Ken Belcher

Creator:

Robert Dewar and Ken Belcher

lifecycleStage:

analysis

Specifications:

String Oriented Symbolic Language (SNOBOL)

Tags:

spitbol

snobol4

string-processing