String PRocessING language

string processing language

[′striŋ ′prä‚ses·iŋ ‚laŋ·gwij] (computer science) A higher-level programming language equipped with facilities to synthesize and decompose character strings, search them in response to arbitrarily complex criteria, and perform a variety of other manipulations. Also known as string manipulation language.

String PRocessING language

(language)(SPRING)

["From SPRING to SUMMER: Design, Definition and Implementationof Programming Languages for String Manipulation and PatternMatching", Paul Klint, Math Centre, Amsterdam 1982].