The Icon Programming Language

Current status report (last updated October 26, 2009)

Icon 9.4 for Unix, Macintosh, and Cygwin
Icon 9.3 for Windows
Icon 9.4 Library

Icon is a high-level, general-purpose programming language with a large repertoire of features for processing data structures and character strings. Icon is an imperative, procedural language with a syntax reminiscent of C and Pascal, but with semantics at a much higher level.

Language Information Ralph Griswold's Overview Dave Hanson's Brief Introduction Bill Mitchell's introduction and slides John Shipman's Tutorial (at NM Tech) Tom Christopher's Icon Handbook Reference Information Programming Corner		Documentation Current Release Documentation Frequently Asked Questions Books About Icon Technical Reports The Icon Newsletter The Icon Analyst
Implementations Version 9.4.3 for Unix systems Version 9.3.2 for Windows Java-Based "Jcon" All versions		Program Library Packages Indexes

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