COMIT explained
COMIT was the first string processing language (compare SNOBOL, TRAC, and Perl), developed on the IBM 700/7000 series computers by Dr. Victor Yngve, University of Chicago, and collaborators at MIT from 1957 to 1965. Yngve created the language for supporting computerized research in the field of linguistics, and more specifically, the area of machine translation for natural language processing. The creation of COMIT led to the creation of SNOBOL, which stand out apart from other programming languages of the era (during the 50s and 60s) for having patterns as first class data type.
Bob Fabry, University of Chicago, was responsible for COMIT II on Compatible Time Sharing System.[1]
References
- Yngve. Victor. Victor Yngve. July 1958. A programming language for mechanical translation. Mechanical Translation. 5. 1. 25–41. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cambridge, Massachusetts. 0543-2073. 1777183. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303190134/http://www.mt-archive.info/MT-1958-Yngve.pdf . 2016-03-03 . 2009-11-02.
- Book: Reilly
, Edwin D.
. Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology . Greenwood Press . June 2003 . 1-57356-521-0 . 95.
- Sammet, J.E. "String and list processing languages", in Programming Languages: History and Fundamentals. . Prentice-Hall. 1969.
Notes and References
- Web site: The Compatible Time-Sharing System, A Programmer's Guide . Crisman . P.A. . December 31, 1969 . The M.I.T Computation Center . March 10, 2022.
