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This document describes how to use the SNOBOL4 language on the IBM Personal Computer and includes a reference summary for the SNOBOL4 language. Familiarity with the SNOBOL4 language is assumed. This manual does not attempt to teach SNOBOL4. It is only a reference to the language features and a guide for its use on the IBM Personal Computer. The authoritative manual for the SNOBOL4 language is entitled "The SNOBOL4 Programming Language, Second Edition," by R. E. Griswold, J. F. Poage and I. P. Polonsky, published by Prentice-Hall 1971. This book is out of print, however. Prentice Hall destroyed the remaining copies without notice. Ownership of the copyright for the book is quite complicated and it is unclear whether anyone else can arrange to publish it again. We have heard rumors that an Acrobat version might become available at some time in the future. We actually have a small number of copies left... The SNOBOL4 language is primarily a string processing language, yet has all of the..