At 07:12 PM 16-03-98 -0800, John Rollins wrote: Well the definitive reference is "The Snobol4 Programming Language" by Griswold, Poage and Polonsky published by Prentice Hall. My copy is the second edition published in 1971. It's been 23 years since I did anything serious with Snobol and a quick look at the book didn't bring much back :-). The preface made interesting reading: "SNOBOL4 has been implemented on several different computers, including the IBM System/360, UNIVAC 1108, GE 365, CDC3600, CDC 6000 series, PDP-10, Sigma 5/6/7. Atlas 2 and RCA Spectra 70 Series". Wow, an interesting list of Classic Computers if I ever saw one... I found one web pointer of interest at http://www.mindspring.com/~viktors/snobol4.htm Sorry not to include any off-topic material :-) Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)latrobe.edu.au Information Technology Services | Phone: +61 3 9479 1550 Fax: +61 3 9479 1999 La Trobe University | "My Alfa keeps me poor in a monetary Melbourne Australia 3083 | sense, but rich in so many other ways"