I have an implementation of Snobol4 patterns and pattern matching that runs in C++. All of the Snobol4 patterns and replacements are implemented in addition to numerous extensions that have proven useful over the years. The patterns are built with overloaded operators and building patterns is simple, straight forward, easy to read and test. In many cases, I find that Snobol4 patterns and its matching algorithm is clearer, more intuitive, and more useful than regular expressions. I have been able to typically cut the required lines of code to accomplish pattern matching by half or a third over using regular expressions. The package is well integrated into C++ and its data types. For post circa 1980 'newbies' unaware of the power of Snobol4, a description of Snobol4 can be seen in a copy of several Snobol4 manuals at ftp://ftp.snobol4.com/spitman.pdf and ftp://ftp.cs.arizona.edu/snobol/gb.pdf. I would like the package to be published under the auspices of Boost. I would like to know if this package would be something that the users of the Boost community would be interested in. This package was originally written in Ada by Robert Dewar and AdaCore, translated to C/C++ by Philip Budne, and cleaned up and expanded by me. The Philip Budne version may be found at http://www.snobol4.org/ (Look for the SPIPAT link) along with many other references for SNOBOL and SPITBOL. Thanks Steven Kibler Facet Soft Tech, Inc.