SNOBOL

Summary

SNOBOL is a programming language^[1]. SNOBOL ranks in the top 0.54% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,294 views/month, #4 of 742).^[2]

Key Facts

• SNOBOL was influenced by FORTRAN II^[3].
• SNOBOL was influenced by COMIT^[4].
• SNOBOL's instance of is recorded as programming language^[5].
• SNOBOL's developer is recorded as Bell Labs^[6].
• SNOBOL's GND ID is recorded as 4588265-4^[7].
• SNOBOL's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85123758^[8].
• SNOBOL's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 12044654t^[9].
• SNOBOL's programmed in is recorded as assembly language^[10].
• SNOBOL's designed by is recorded as David J. Farber^[11].
• SNOBOL's has use is recorded as computer programming^[12].
• SNOBOL's has use is recorded as creating^[13].
• +1962-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SNOBOL^[14].
• SNOBOL's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/079lq^[15].
• SNOBOL's has edition or translation is recorded as SNOBOL4^[16].
• SNOBOL's official website is recorded as http://www.snobol4.org^[17].
• SNOBOL's topic's main category is recorded as Category:SNOBOL programming language family^[18].
• SNOBOL's described at URL is recorded as http://archives.lib.umn.edu/repositories/3/resources/302^[19].
• SNOBOL's described at URL is recorded as https://tapor.ca/tools/483^[20].
• SNOBOL's described at URL is recorded as https://marketplace.sshopencloud.eu/tool-or-service/fDqoS6^[21].
• SNOBOL's FAST ID is recorded as 1102850^[22].
• SNOBOL's File Format Wiki page ID is recorded as SNOBOL^[23].
• SNOBOL's Quora topic ID is recorded as SNOBOL-programming-language^[24].
• SNOBOL's programming paradigm is recorded as imperative programming^[25].
• SNOBOL's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Category:SNOBOL4^[26].
• SNOBOL's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 150911734^[27].

Body

Designation and Status

SNOBOL's instance of is recorded as programming language^[5].

History and Context

+1962-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of SNOBOL^[14].

Cultural Significance

Things named for SNOBOL include Snowball^[28], a programming language^[29].

Why It Matters

SNOBOL ranks in the top 0.54% of programming_language entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,294 views/month, #4 of 742).^[2] SNOBOL has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30]

SNOBOL has been cited as an influence by Lua^[31], a functional programming language^[32], founded in 1993^[33] and Icon^[34], a programming language^[35], founded in 1977^[36].

Entities named for SNOBOL include Snowball^[28], a programming language^[29].

FAQs

Who did SNOBOL influence?

SNOBOL has been cited as an influence by Lua^[31] and Icon^[34].