Last Edited: Sat May 13 17:40:31 1995 by jnw (Joseph N. Wilson) on splat.cis.ufl.edu

Dylan: An Object Oriented Dynamic Language

Apple Computer embarked upon development of the Dylan programming language to address the programming requirements for constrained memory machines (like the Newton). Dylan was not near enough to completion to actually be used in the Newton but is now scheduled for release in 1985. According to Larry Tesler [Dylan, 1992], Dylan was intended to meet the following requirements:

Combine the best aspects of Lisp and Smalltalk.
Provide static language users an attractive dynamic alternative.
Be practical on small machines.
Provide high dynamism during rapid prototyping and development.
Provide tools to achieve commercial performance in production code.

Marlais is an interpreter for a language closely resembling Dylan.