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Inform

programming language and design system for interactive fiction
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Inform

Summary

Inform is a programming language[1]. Inform draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #84 of 742).[2]

Key Facts

  • Inform's instance of is recorded as programming language[3].
  • Inform's instance of is recorded as off-side rule language[4].
  • Inform's developer is recorded as Graham Nelson[5].
  • Inform's designed by is recorded as Graham Nelson[6].
  • Inform's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[7].
  • Inform's software version identifier is recorded as 7.9.3[8].
  • Inform's has use is recorded as interactive fiction[9].
  • +1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Inform[10].
  • Inform's Wine AppDB ID is recorded as 3611[11].
  • Inform's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01h67x[12].
  • Inform's official website is recorded as http://inform7.com/[13].
  • Inform's file extension is recorded as .Z#[14].
  • Inform's file extension is recorded as inf[15].
  • Inform's file extension is recorded as Z5[16].
  • Inform's file extension is recorded as Z8[17].
  • Inform's programming paradigm is recorded as object-oriented programming[18].
  • Inform's programming paradigm is recorded as declarative programming[19].
  • Inform's programming paradigm is recorded as procedural programming[20].
  • Inform's LibreGameWiki ID is recorded as Inform[21].
  • Inform's typing discipline is recorded as inference typing[22].

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Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include programming language[3] and off-side rule language[4].

History and Context

+1993-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Inform[10].

Why It Matters

Inform draws 66 Wikipedia views per month (programming_language category, ranking #84 of 742).[2] Inform has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

Inform has been cited as an influence by CorVision[24], a programming language[25], founded in 1986[26].

FAQs

Who did Inform influence?

Inform has been cited as an influence by CorVision[24].

Related Entities

Blue Lacuna CorVision Glass Microsoft Windows procedural programming programming language

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  10. [12] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
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Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [26] ↑ . 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. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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