Re:Open Dylan 2013.1 released
by pjmlp on Thursday July 11, 2013 @09:32AM
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> And no, that didn't work out. There was a prerelease development environment, but they never managed to get this mainstream.
This was due to internal Apple politics, as Dylan was planed to be the system language for Newton, I don't remember any longer the full story but other group ended up getting the project.
Re:Open Dylan 2013.1 released
by revaaron on Thursday July 11, 2013 @12:26PM
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It's been a while since I've read the paper, but technical aspects like runtime size of binaries led to a bytecode compiled language like Smalltalk, leading to NewtonScript.
This was due to internal Apple politics, as Dylan was planed to be the system language for Newton, I don't remember any longer the full story but other group ended up getting the project.