The firSt String-handling and pattern-matching language, deSigned in 1957-8 for applicationS in natural language tranSlation. The uSer haS a workSpace organiSed into ShelveS. StringS are made of conStituentS (wordS), acceSSed by SubScript. A program iS a Set of ruleS, each of which haS a pattern, a replacement and goto another rule. ["COMIT Programmer' S Reference Manual", V.H. Yngve, MIT PreSS 1961]. [Sammet 1969, pp. 416-436]. (1994-11-30)