This directory holds ICON V8, a string manipulation language, for
VMS, in compressed form as obtained from the Internet. Use the
tools in [90bvaxlt.tools...] (specifically compress -d) to decompress
it and other tools (file) to reset the attributes of the file to
the correct record structure and size; see [90bvaxlt.tools]aaareadme.*.
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The documentation for Version 8 of Icon consists of technical reports
and UNIX manual pages:

	TR 90-1		Version 8 of Icon

	TR 90-6		Icon overview

	TR 90-7		Icon program library

	TR 90-8		Icon-C Interfaces

	IPD113		memory monitoring

	IPD115		benchmarking

	IPD120		Installing Version 8 of Icon under VMS

	IPD121		Using Version 8 of Icon under VMS

The technical reports are here in two forms: formatted (.doc) files
suitable for printing on a terminal or monospaced printer, and PostScript
(.ps) files that can be formatted on a PostScript printer.

Printed copies of the technical reports are available free of charge
from the Icon Project.