Category:Unicon

Unicon
This programming language may be used to instruct a computer to perform a task.

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Execution method:	Compiled (bytecode)
Garbage collected:	Yes
Parameter passing methods:	By value
Type safety:	Safe
Type strength:	Strong
Type expression:	Implicit
Type checking:	Dynamic
See Also:	Unicon on the HOPL Unicon compared to other languages

Listed below are all of the tasks on Rosetta Code which have been solved using Unicon.

Unicon is a unification of several extended dialects of the Icon language, featuring Icon plus classes, POSIX system facilities, GDBM and ODBC-based (SQL) database access, packages, 3D graphics and more, all provided at a very high semantic level.

In addition to Icon, Unicon draws from:

• IDOL an object-oriented Icon preprocessor
• MTIcon a multi-threading Icon. (Most recently, in version 12, improved multi-threading capabilities were added.)

While Unicon is mostly a super-set of Icon there are some differences and incompatibilities.

Icon itself is an evolution of the line of languages COMIT, SNOBOL, SNOBOL4, and SL5.

Introduction to Icon and Unicon[edit]

If you want to learn more about these languages please see An introduction to Icon and Unicon for Rosetta Code.

The following are related:

• The Icon Programming Library
• The Unicon Code Library

External Links and References[edit]

Home Pages[edit]

• Unicon home page on Sourceforge
• The Icon home page at the University of Arizona

Books[edit]

General[edit]

• Book: Programming with Unicon describing the language, the Icon Programming Library and Unicon extensions
• Book: The Icon Programming Language, 3rd Edition
• Book: Graphics Programming in Icon
• Book: Icon Programming Language Handbook
• Book: Icon Programming for Humanists

Internals[edit]

• The Implementation of Icon and Unicon a Compendium]
  • Unicon Technical Reports and works in progress
• The Implementation of the Icon Programming Language
  • IPD112 Supplement to Version 8
  • IPD239 Supplement to Version 9
  • Icon Technical Reports (TR) and Project Documents (IDP)

Articles and Newsletters[edit]

• Archived issues of the Generator from 2004-2005 discussing Unicon programming
• Archived issues of the Icon Newsletter from 1979-2000 discussing Icon programming
• Archived issues of the Icon Analysts from 1990-2001 discussing advanced Icon programming

Programming References[edit]

• The Icon Programming Library and index
• Unicon Discussion Web/TWiki containing various programming examples, problems, and challenges

Other[edit]

• Wikipedia: Unicon
• Wikipedia: Icon
• Presentation: Fundamentals of Icon Programming
• PC Linux OS Magazine, Volume 48, Computer Languages From A to Z: Unicon

Related/Variants[edit]

• Jcon
• ObjectIcon

Other RosettaCode Wiki Links[edit]

• The Discussion Tab for this page Lots of notes about things to do, help wanted, ideas, and guidance on formatting and markup
• Tasks not yet implemented Tasks that need to be coded
  • Icon+Unicon/Analysis_of_UnimplementedTasks for an analysis of the groupings of these tasks (taken at a point in time)
• Unimplementable tasks Tasks that cannot be implemented in the language
• Tasks requiring attention Tasks that could be improved
• Most Linked Categories shows how many pages various languages (and other categories) have.