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Design By Numbers

programming language
Place programming_language Q5264253

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9 properties
Instance of
programming language
Inception
1999[4]
Official website
dbn.media.mit.edu[5]
Website
dbn.media.mit.edu
Developer
John Maeda[2]
Programming paradigm
object-oriented programming[6]
Software version identifier
3.0.1[3]
Typing discipline
strong typing[7]
Version
3.0.1
🏷️ Also known as
en DBN en Design By Numbers
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/m/053_8sb

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John Maeda
Influenced 1
Processing
Instance of 1
programming language
Programming paradigm 1
object-oriented programming
Typing discipline 1
strong typing
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Summary

Design By Numbers is a programming language[1].

Why It Matters

It has been cited as an influence by Processing[8], an object-based language[9], founded in 2001[10].

FAQs

Who did Design By Numbers influence?

Design By Numbers has been cited as an influence by Processing[8].

Related Entities

John Maeda Processing programming language

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  1. [2] ↑ . dbn.media.mit.edu. dbn.media.mit.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  1. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

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  1. [9] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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