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Dylan

multi-paradigm programming language with support for functional and object-oriented programming
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Dylan

Summary

Dylan is a programming language[1]. Dylan draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #81 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Dylan was influenced by Lisp[3].
  • Dylan was influenced by Common Lisp Object System[4].
  • Dylan was influenced by Common Lisp[5].
  • Dylan's instance of is recorded as programming language[6].
  • Dylan's instance of is recorded as object-based language[7].
  • Dylan's instance of is recorded as multi-paradigm programming language[8].
  • Dylan's instance of is recorded as functional programming language[9].
  • Dylan was published by Apple Inc.[10].
  • Dylan's developer is recorded as Apple Inc.[11].
  • Dylan's developer is recorded as Carnegie Mellon University[12].
  • Dylan's software version identifier is recorded as 2019.1[13].
  • Dylan's software version identifier is recorded as 2022.1[14].
  • Dylan's software version identifier is recorded as 2020.1[15].
  • Dylan's platform is recorded as cross-platform[16].
  • January 1, 1992 marks the founding of Dylan[17].
  • Dylan was released on 1992[18].
  • Dylan's official website is recorded as https://opendylan.org/[19].
  • Dylan's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Dylan (programming language)[20].
  • Dylan's readable file format is recorded as Dylan source code file[21].
  • Dylan's readable file format is recorded as Dylan session file[22].
  • Dylan's readable file format is recorded as DylanLID file format[23].
  • Dylan's writable file format is recorded as Dylan source code file[24].
  • Dylan's writable file format is recorded as Dylan session file[25].
  • Dylan's writable file format is recorded as DylanLID file format[26].
  • Dylan's source code repository URL is recorded as https://github.com/dylan-lang/opendylan[27].

Body

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[6], object-based language[7], multi-paradigm programming language[8], and functional programming language[9].

History and Context

January 1, 1992 marks the founding of Dylan[17].

Why It Matters

Dylan draws 260 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #81 of 742).[2] Dylan has Wikipedia articles in 17 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Dylan is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Dylan has been cited as an influence by Python[30], an object-based language[31], founded in 1991[32]; Lasso[33], a programming language[34], founded in 1995[35]; and NewtonScript[36], a programming language[37], founded in 1993[38].

FAQs

Who did Dylan influence?

Dylan has been cited as an influence by Python[30], Lasso[33], and NewtonScript[36].

Related Entities

Apple Inc. Common Lisp cross-platform functional programming language Lasso Lisp multi-paradigm programming language NewtonScript object-based language programming language Python

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [14] ↑ . opendylan.org. opendylan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [15] ↑ . opendylan.org. opendylan.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [37] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [38] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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