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SPITBOL is an enhanced version of the SNOBOL language.

From Wikipedia:

SNOBOL (StriNg Oriented and symBOlic Language) is a series of computer programming languages developed between 1962 and 1967 at AT&T Bell Laboratories by David J. Farber, Ralph E. Griswold and Ivan P. Polonsky, culminating in SNOBOL4.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNOBOL

TkS*LIDE is a Tcl/Tk based IDE for SPITBOL (along with SNOBOL4). Binaries for SNOBOL4 and SPITBOL are included with the IDE, along with a tutorial and sample programs.

http://rms.republika.pl/slide.html

SNOBOL is also distinguished by being described in Guy Steele & Richard Gabriel: 50 in 50 speech as one of the three languages worth knowing:

https://vimeo.com/25958308



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