SNOBOL
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high-level programming language
pattern matching language
programming language
programming language version
string processing language
SNOBOL is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s known for its powerful pattern-matching and string-processing capabilities.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4425013 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SNOBOL Context triple: [Lua, influencedBy, SNOBOL]
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A.
Algol 68S
Algol 68S is a simplified subset of the Algol 68 programming language designed to make the language easier to implement and use.
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B.
Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
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C.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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D.
ALGOL
ALGOL is a pioneering family of imperative computer programming languages from the late 1950s that introduced many foundational concepts in language design and heavily influenced later languages such as Pascal, C, and BASIC.
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E.
Algol 68 Genie
Algol 68 Genie is a modern, open-source implementation of the Algol 68 programming language designed for contemporary systems and practical use.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SNOBOL Target entity description: SNOBOL is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s known for its powerful pattern-matching and string-processing capabilities.
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A.
Algol 68S
Algol 68S is a simplified subset of the Algol 68 programming language designed to make the language easier to implement and use.
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B.
Algol 68C
Algol 68C is a compiler implementation of the Algol 68 programming language, designed to translate its advanced structured constructs into executable machine code.
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C.
Algol 68
Algol 68 is a high-level, structured programming language from the ALGOL family, notable for its orthogonal design and influence on many later languages.
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D.
ALGOL
ALGOL is a pioneering family of imperative computer programming languages from the late 1950s that introduced many foundational concepts in language design and heavily influenced later languages such as Pascal, C, and BASIC.
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E.
Algol 68 Genie
Algol 68 Genie is a modern, open-source implementation of the Algol 68 programming language designed for contemporary systems and practical use.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
high-level programming language
ⓘ
pattern matching language ⓘ programming language ⓘ programming language version ⓘ string processing language ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
SNOBOL 4
ⓘ
linked to:
SNOBOL
|
| designedAt |
Bell Labs
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell Telephone Laboratories
|
| developer |
Bell Labs
ⓘ
linked to:
Bell Telephone Laboratories
David J. Farber ⓘ Ivan P. Polonsky ⓘ Ralph E. Griswold ⓘ
linked to:
Ralph C. Griswold
|
| era | 1960s programming languages ⓘ |
| executionModel | interpreted ⓘ |
| hasSuccessor | Icon ⓘ |
| hasVersion |
SNOBOL1
ⓘ
linked to:
SNOBOL
SNOBOL2 ⓘ
linked to:
SNOBOL
SNOBOL3 ⓘ
linked to:
SNOBOL
SNOBOL4 ⓘ
linked to:
SNOBOL
|
| inception | 1962 ⓘ |
| influenced |
AWK
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Icon ⓘ Perl ⓘ Unicon ⓘ general string processing techniques ⓘ |
| notableFor |
advanced string manipulation
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early use of garbage collection ⓘ expressive pattern language ⓘ powerful pattern matching ⓘ |
| paradigm |
imperative programming
ⓘ
procedural programming ⓘ |
| primaryDomain |
pattern matching
ⓘ
string processing ⓘ |
| supportsFeature |
associative arrays
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automatic garbage collection ⓘ backtracking in pattern matching ⓘ dynamic typing ⓘ first-class patterns ⓘ full pattern data type ⓘ label-based control flow ⓘ run-time type checking ⓘ string pattern matching operators ⓘ structured data via tables ⓘ user-defined data types ⓘ user-defined functions ⓘ user-defined patterns ⓘ |
| usedFor |
compiler writing experiments
ⓘ
research in programming language design ⓘ text processing ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: SNOBOL Description of subject: SNOBOL is an early high-level programming language from the 1960s known for its powerful pattern-matching and string-processing capabilities.
Referenced by (11)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: SNOBOL
linked to: SNOBOL
linked to: SNOBOL
linked to: SNOBOL
linked to: SNOBOL
linked to: SNOBOL