Miranda

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Summary

Miranda is a programming language[1].

Key Facts

  • Influenced by: ML[2], Kent Recursive Calculator[3]
  • Instance of: purely functional programming language[4], declarative programming language[5], off-side rule language[6]
  • Copyright license: 2-clause BSD License[7]
  • Designed by: David Turner[8]
  • Software version identifier: 2.066[9]
  • Inception: 1985[10]
  • Official website: https://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/dat/miranda/[11], http://miranda.org.uk[12]
  • Programming paradigm: declarative programming[13], purely functional programming[14]
  • Copyright status: copyrighted[15]
  • Typing discipline: strong typing[16], static typing[17]

Why It Matters

Miranda has been cited as an influence by Orwell[18], a programming language[19], founded in 1984[20].

FAQs

Who did Miranda influence?

Miranda has been cited as an influence by Orwell[18].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . cs.kent.ac.uk. Retrieved . cs.kent.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . cs.kent.ac.uk. Retrieved . cs.kent.ac.uk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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