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Icon language

A high-level programming language maintained by the University of Arizona (www.cs.arizona.edu/icon). Using ALGOL syntax, Icon features extensive string handling similar to SNOBOL and automatic generation of multiple outputs, such as a range of integers or strings. Jcon is the Java-based implementation. See SNOBOL.
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