Editing Dylan (programming language) (section)

==History==
{{Further|History of the Dylan programming language}}

Dylan was created in the early 1990s by a group led by [[Apple Computer]]. At one time in its development, it was intended for use with the [[Apple Newton]] computer, but the Dylan implementation did not reach sufficient maturity in time, and Newton instead used a mix of C and the [[NewtonScript]] developed by Walter Smith. Apple ended their Dylan development effort in 1995, though they made a "technology release" version available (Apple Dylan TR1) that included an advanced [[integrated development environment]] (IDE).

Two other groups contributed to the design of the language and developed implementations: [[Harlequin (software company)|Harlequin]] released a commercial IDE for [[Microsoft Windows]] and [[Carnegie Mellon University]] released an [[Open-source software|open source]] compiler for [[Unix]] systems called Gwydion Dylan. Both of these implementations are now open source. The Harlequin implementation is now named Open Dylan and is maintained by a group of volunteers, the Dylan Hackers.

The Dylan language was code-named Ralph. James Joaquin chose the name Dylan for "DYnamic LANguage."