icon ☆

« Back to VersTracker

Description:
General-purpose programming language

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 9.5.25a@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: programming-language icon text-processing development compiler

Install: brew install icon

About:
Icon is a high-level, general-purpose programming language with a syntax similar to SNOBOL and C. It features string scanning as a core paradigm for powerful pattern matching and text processing. The language is designed for rapid development of applications that involve complex data manipulation and symbolic processing.

Key Features:

String scanning and goal-directed evaluation
Generators and co-expressions for control flow
Rich set of built-in data types and functions
Dynamic memory management

Use Cases:

Text processing and parsing
Rapid prototyping of algorithms
Educational purposes in computer science

Alternatives:

Python – More widely used with extensive libraries, but lacks Icon's unique string scanning paradigm
Perl – Similar text processing focus but with different syntax and regular expression approach

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 11, 2025 10:16am	9.5.25a	0	VERSION_BUMP	642f5600