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[[Category: | '''MDL''' (or Muddle) was a dialect of Lisp used at MIT for [[Zork (game)|the original version of Zork/Dungeon]]. When [[Infocom]] was formed, Zork was re-implemented in [[ZIL]], a new language created specially for the purpose. | ||
==Links== | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MDL_programming_language MDL programming language] at Wikipedia. | |||
* MDL information at the [[IF Archive]]: | |||
** [{{ifarchive link|infocom/info/MDL_Programming_Language.pdf}} The MDL Programming Language] (1979), [[Stu Galley]] and [[Greg Pfister]]. (Or a [{{ifarchive link|infocom/info/MDL_Primer_and_Manual.pdf}} 1977 version].) | |||
** [{{ifarchive link|infocom/info/MDL_Programming_Environment.pdf}} The MDL Programming Environment] (1980), [[Dave Lebling]]. | |||
** [{{ifarchive link|infocom/info/MDL_Programming_Primer.pdf}} The MDL Programming Language Primer] (1980), [[Michael Dornbrook]] and [[Marc Blank]]. | |||
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TODO: Describe relationship between MDL, LISP, and ZIL.
TODO: Describe relationship between MDL, LISP, and ZIL.
MDL (or Muddle) was a dialect of Lisp used at MIT for the original version of Zork/Dungeon. When Infocom was formed, Zork was re-implemented in ZIL, a new language created specially for the purpose.
Links
- MDL programming language at Wikipedia.
- MDL information at the IF Archive:
- The MDL Programming Language (1979), Stu Galley and Greg Pfister. (Or a 1977 version.)
- The MDL Programming Environment (1980), Dave Lebling.
- The MDL Programming Language Primer (1980), Michael Dornbrook and Marc Blank.