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Icon

Programming language

Softwareprogramming languageQ1156474

Founded: 1977
Latest version: 951
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1.“Release 951”github.com/gtownsend/icon/releases/tag/rel951Retrieved 2023-09-19
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, 9.5.1
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1.www2.cs.arizona.edu/icon/v95u.htmRetrieved 2021-03-19
2.github.com/gtownsend/icon/releasesRetrieved 2021-03-19
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, 9.5.20i
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1.github.com/gtownsend/icon/releasesRetrieved 2021-03-19
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Website: cs.arizona.edu/icon

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Icon is a very high-level programming language based on the concept of "goal-directed execution" in which an expression in code returns "success" along with a result, or a "failure", indicating that there is no valid result. The success and failure of a given expression is used to direct further processing, whereas conventional languages would typically use Boolean logic written by the programmer to achieve the same ends. Because the logic for basic control structures is often implicit in Icon, common tasks can be completed with less explicit code.

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