Dylan is a multi-paradigm programming language originally developed at Apple Computer's Advanced Technology Group in the early 1990s, combining object-oriented and functional programming in a dynamically typed language influenced heavily by Common Lisp's CLOS object system and by Scheme, but using a more conventional infix syntax rather than Lisp's parenthesized prefix notation. Dylan supports multiple dispatch, multiple inheritance and optional static type declarations for performance, and though Apple's own project was cancelled before shipping a product, implementations such as Open Dylan have continued development as free, open-source software.
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SignificanceDerives from Scheme and Common Lisp and adds an integrated object system derived from CLOS. 1 Dylan (programming language)
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Dylan's object system is based on CLOS, Common Lisp's object system.
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Dylan derives from Scheme and Common Lisp and adds an integrated object system derived from the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS).
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