<s>
Dylan	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
history	I-Language
first	O
introduces	O
the	O
history	O
with	O
a	O
continuous	O
text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
third	O
section	O
presents	O
quotations	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
history	B-Language
of	I-Language
the	I-Language
Dylan	I-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Apple	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
then	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
(	O
ATG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
initial	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
new	O
system	B-Application
programming	I-Application
application	O
development	O
programming	O
language	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
PDA	O
,	O
but	O
soon	O
it	O
became	O
clear	O
that	O
this	O
would	O
take	O
too	O
much	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Walter	O
Smith	O
developed	O
NewtonScript	B-Device
for	O
scripting	O
and	O
application	O
development	O
,	O
and	O
systems	B-Application
programming	I-Application
was	O
done	O
in	O
the	O
language	O
C	B-Language
.	O
Development	O
continued	O
on	O
Dylan	B-Language
for	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
produced	O
an	O
early	O
Technology	O
Release	O
of	O
its	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
product	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
group	O
was	O
dismantled	O
due	O
to	O
internal	O
restructuring	O
before	O
they	O
could	O
finish	O
any	O
real	O
usable	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Apple	O
Confidential	O
by	O
Owen	O
W	O
.	O
Linzmayer	O
,	O
the	O
original	O
code	O
name	O
for	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
was	O
Ralph	O
,	O
for	O
Ralph	O
Ellison	O
,	O
author	O
of	O
the	O
novel	O
Invisible	O
Man	O
,	O
to	O
reflect	O
its	O
status	O
as	O
a	O
secret	O
research	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
killer	O
application	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
Newton	I-Device
PDA	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
initial	O
implementation	O
came	O
too	O
late	O
for	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
retargeted	O
toward	O
a	O
general	O
computer	B-General_Concept
programming	I-General_Concept
audience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moon	O
and	O
Orca	O
Starbuck	O
)	O
wrote	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
Reference	O
Manual	O
,	O
which	O
served	O
as	O
a	O
basis	O
for	O
work	O
at	O
Harlequin	O
(	O
software	O
company	O
)	O
and	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Apple	O
Cambridge	O
was	O
closed	O
,	O
several	O
members	O
went	O
to	O
Harlequin	O
,	O
which	O
produces	O
a	O
working	O
compiler	O
and	O
development	O
environment	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
repository	O
was	O
the	O
foundation	O
of	O
the	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
software	I-License
Dylan	B-Language
implementation	O
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2003	O
,	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
community	O
had	O
already	O
proven	O
its	O
engagement	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
community	O
took	O
over	O
the	O
code	O
from	O
the	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
University	O
(	O
CMU	O
)	O
Dylan	B-Language
implementation	O
named	O
for	O
the	O
Gwydion	O
project	O
,	O
and	O
founded	O
the	O
open-source	B-License
model	I-License
project	O
Gwydion	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
CMU	O
had	O
already	O
stopped	O
working	O
at	O
their	O
Dylan	B-Language
implementation	O
because	O
Apple	O
in	O
its	O
financial	O
crisis	O
could	O
no	O
longer	O
sponsor	O
the	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMU	O
thus	O
shifted	O
its	O
research	O
toward	O
the	O
mainstream	O
and	O
toward	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Today	O
,	O
Gwydion	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
and	O
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
are	O
the	O
only	O
working	O
Dylan	B-Language
compilers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
first	O
is	O
still	O
a	O
Dylan-to-C	O
compiler	O
,	O
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
produces	O
native	O
code	O
for	O
Intel	O
processors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
account	O
for	O
the	O
Architecture	B-Application
Neutral	I-Application
Distribution	I-Application
Format	I-Application
(	O
ANDF	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
April	O
1992	O
The	O
first	O
Dylan	B-Language
Language	I-Language
Specification	O
is	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
proposes	O
a	O
Lisp-like	O
syntax	O
for	O
the	O
new	O
language	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
1992	O
Andrew	O
L	O
.	O
M	O
.	O
Shalit	O
,	O
a	O
member	O
of	O
the	O
Apple	O
Cambridge	O
Research	O
Laboratory	O
,	O
announces	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
electronic	O
mailing	O
list	O
for	O
discussion	O
of	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
January	O
1993	O
Jonathan	O
Bachrach	O
writes	O
to	O
comp.lang.dylan	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
am	O
trying	O
to	O
start	O
a	O
Dylan	B-Language
programming	O
revolution	O
at	O
my	O
work.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Scott	O
Fahlman	O
,	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
leader	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
replies	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
best	O
strategy	O
is	O
probably	O
to	O
wait	O
until	O
Dylan	B-Language
is	O
real	O
(	O
and	O
maybe	O
help	O
it	O
to	O
become	O
real	O
)	O
...	O
"	O
Quotation	O
from	O
comp.lang.dylan	O
April	O
1993	O
Release	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Dylan	B-Language
FAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
1993	O
Bachrach	O
presents	O
a	O
High-Performance	O
Dylan	B-Language
Implementation	O
at	O
the	O
International	O
Computer	O
Music	O
Conference	O
at	O
Waseda	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
1993	O
The	O
first	O
public	O
domain	O
Dylan	B-Language
compiler	O
,	O
written	O
by	O
Bachrach	O
,	O
is	O
unveiled	O
at	O
MacWorld	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"[H]e	O
built	O
the	O
first	O
implementation	O
as	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
macros	O
for	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
Lisp	B-Language
compiler	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
following	O
months	O
,	O
the	O
elements	O
of	O
his	O
macro	O
set	O
were	O
transformed	O
from	O
macros	O
into	O
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
and	O
later	O
into	O
Dylan	B-Language
itself.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
June	O
1994	O
Robert	O
Stockton	O
announces	O
an	O
online	O
browsable	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
new	O
Dylan	B-Language
Interim	O
Reference	O
Manual	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
,	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
is	O
called	O
the	O
Gwydion	O
Project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Headed	O
by	O
Fahlmann	O
,	O
it	O
includes	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
same	O
people	O
responsible	O
for	O
CMU	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
May	O
1994	O
MacTech	O
reports	O
on	O
the	O
SFA	O
meeting	O
Atlanta	O
:	O
"	O
Ike	O
Nassi	O
used	O
to	O
run	O
Apple	O
's	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
in	O
Cambridge	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
where	O
Dylan	B-Language
originated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
also	O
stated	O
that	O
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
"	O
in	O
use	O
at	O
Apple	O
today	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
Shalitt	O
stated	O
that	O
Dylan	B-Language
has	O
moved	O
into	O
product	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dylan	B-Language
received	O
a	O
new	O
infix	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Andrew	O
's	O
presentation	O
included	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
examples	O
of	O
Dylan	B-Language
code.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Quoted	O
from	O
MacTech	O
August	O
1994	O
After	O
Apple	O
distributes	O
Dylan	B-Language
CDs	O
at	O
WWDC	O
,	O
folk	O
singer	O
Bob	O
Dylan	B-Language
sues	O
Apple	O
for	O
trademark	O
infringement	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
1995	O
It	O
is	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
Cambridge	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
will	O
be	O
terminated	O
and	O
its	O
staff	O
laid	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
December	O
1995	O
Russ	O
Daniels	O
,	O
the	O
interim	O
Apple	O
engineering	O
manager	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
in	O
Cupertino	O
,	O
announces	O
that	O
Digitool	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
will	O
port	O
Apple	O
's	O
Dylan	B-Language
Technology	O
Release	O
to	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
Macintosh	B-Device
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
(	O
MCL	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
August	O
1996	O
Apple	O
ships	O
PowerPC-native	O
Dylan	B-Language
(	O
ported	O
by	O
Digitool	O
)	O
.Quoted	O
from	O
September	O
1998	O
Fahlman	O
announces	O
that	O
Dylan	B-Language
has	O
been	O
turned	O
over	O
to	O
Harlequin	O
:	O
"	O
In	O
fact	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
in	O
theory	O
,	O
Dylan	B-Language
is	O
now	O
completely	O
in	O
Harlequin	O
's	O
hands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
involved	O
with	O
Dylan	B-Language
,	O
nor	O
is	O
the	O
CMU	O
Gwydion	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
dedicated	O
volunteers	O
are	O
working	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
Gwydion	O
version	O
,	O
and	O
there	O
may	O
still	O
be	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
one-person	O
implementation	O
efforts	O
,	O
but	O
whatever	O
Harlequin	O
does	O
will	O
define	O
what	O
Dylan	B-Language
is	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Harlequin	O
wants	O
Dylan	B-Language
to	O
succeed	O
,	O
and	O
presumably	O
they	O
will	O
do	O
the	O
things	O
that	O
they	O
think	O
are	O
most	O
important	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
's	O
acceptance.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Scott	O
Fahlmann	O
on	O
comp.lang.dylan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
October	O
1998	O
Harlequin	O
Dylan	B-Language
1.1	O
was	O
announced	O
at	O
OOPSLA	O
1998	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
website	O
GwydionDylan	O
becomes	O
a	O
base	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
enthusiasts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
March	O
1999	O
Andrew	O
Shalit	O
announced	O
the	O
Service	O
Pack	O
1	O
for	O
Harlequin	O
Dylan	B-Language
1.2	O
in	O
the	O
dylan	B-Language
newsgroup	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
September	O
1999	O
Global	O
Graphics	O
,	O
the	O
new	O
owner	O
of	O
Harlequin	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
announces	O
the	O
divestiture	O
of	O
Harlequin	O
Dylan	B-Language
and	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
the	O
product	O
to	O
Functional	O
Objects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2003	O
Functional	O
Objects	O
opensources	B-License
its	O
internal	O
Dylan	B-Language
repository	O
to	O
the	O
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
Community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
same	O
group	O
at	O
Apple	O
that	O
was	O
responsible	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
implementation	O
had	O
a	O
Lisp-like	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dylan	B-Language
began	O
with	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Coral	O
Software	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
ATG	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
late	O
1980s	O
,	O
Apple	O
’s	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
(	O
ATG	O
)	O
saddled	O
themselves	O
with	O
the	O
task	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
new	O
language	O
,	O
one	O
that	O
would	O
combine	O
the	O
best	O
qualities	O
of	O
dynamic	O
languages	O
like	O
Smalltalk	B-Application
and	O
Lisp	B-Language
,	O
with	O
those	O
of	O
static	O
languages	O
like	O
C++	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acknowledgments	O
from	O
the	O
First	O
Dylan	B-Language
Manual	O
(	O
1992	O
)	O
states	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Designing	O
Dylan	B-Language
has	O
been	O
a	O
work	O
of	O
many	O
hands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Among	O
these	O
were	O
Peter	O
Alley	O
,	O
Kim	O
Barrett	O
,	O
Alan	O
Bawden	O
,	O
Ernie	O
Beernink	O
,	O
Rasha	O
Bozinovic	O
,	O
Steve	O
Capps	O
,	O
Mikel	O
Evins	O
,	O
Gregg	O
Foster	O
,	O
Jed	O
Harris	O
,	O
Alice	O
K	O
.	O
Hartley	O
,	O
Alan	O
Kay	O
,	O
Larry	O
Kenyon	O
,	O
Matthew	O
MacLaurin	O
,	O
John	O
Meier	O
,	O
Richard	O
Mlynarik	O
,	O
Peter	O
Potrebic	O
,	O
David	O
Singer	O
,	O
David	O
C	B-Language
.	O
Smith	O
,	O
Bill	O
St.	O
Clair	O
,	O
Andy	O
Stadler	O
,	O
Joshua	O
Susser	O
,	O
Michael	O
Tibbott	O
,	O
Tom	O
Vrhel	O
,	O
Bob	O
Welland	O
,	O
and	O
Derek	O
White	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
was	O
directed	O
by	O
Ike	O
Nassi	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
was	O
funded	O
entirely	O
by	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Technology	O
Group	O
of	O
Apple	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
was	O
actually	O
a	O
great	O
deal	O
of	O
consensus	O
about	O
many	O
issues	O
,	O
mainly	O
because	O
the	O
designers	O
were	O
primarily	O
from	O
the	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
community	O
,	O
and	O
saw	O
similar	O
strengths	O
and	O
failings	O
of	O
Common	O
Lisp.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
MacLachlan	O
,	O
former	O
member	O
of	O
CMU	O
's	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
Gwydion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
at	O
the	O
Cambridge	O
lab	O
and	O
CMU	O
thought	O
they	O
'd	O
get	O
better	O
reception	O
from	O
the	O
C/C	O
++	O
community	O
out	O
there	O
if	O
they	O
changed	O
the	O
syntax	O
to	O
make	O
it	O
look	O
more	O
like	O
these	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
MacLachlan	O
,	O
at	O
Carnegie	O
Mellon	O
during	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
,	O
from	O
comp.lang.dylan	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
In	O
a	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
remarkable	O
realignment	O
was	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
ditch	O
the	O
Lisp	B-Language
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
advocated	O
the	O
infix	O
syntax	O
and	O
ditching	O
the	O
lisp/prefix	O
syntax	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
"	O
Which	O
interestingly	O
enough	O
is	O
the	O
reverse	O
of	O
Lisp	B-Language
itself	O
,	O
where	O
John	O
McCarthy	O
originally	O
intended	O
S	O
-	O
expressions	O
to	O
be	O
just	O
a	O
temporary	O
form	O
until	O
the	O
real	O
syntax	O
was	O
developed/implemented.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
had	O
actually	O
implemented	O
a	O
more	O
C-like	O
(	O
that	O
is	O
,	O
braces	O
)	O
syntax	O
for	O
Dylan	B-Language
,	O
but	O
dropped	O
it	O
when	O
we	O
hired	O
Mike	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
IDE.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
project	O
died	O
in	O
early	O
'	O
95	O
(	O
if	O
memory	O
serves	O
-	O
I	O
was	O
a	O
seed	O
site	O
for	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dylan	B-Language
team	O
were	O
under	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
pressure	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
working	O
release	O
out	O
the	O
door	O
when	O
two	O
things	O
sort	O
of	O
took	O
them	O
by	O
surprise	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
started	O
to	O
become	O
less	O
profitable	O
because	O
of	O
the	O
Wintel	B-Device
juggernaut	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
still	O
not	O
ready	O
for	O
release	O
-	O
it	O
compiled	O
pretty	O
slowly	O
...	O
especially	O
compared	O
to	O
CodeWarrior	B-Operating_System
C/C	O
++	O
,	O
since	O
it	O
had	O
n't	O
yet	O
been	O
optimized	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
managers	O
were	O
talking	O
about	O
rewriting	O
it	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
to	O
make	O
it	O
run	O
faster	O
(	O
not	O
realizing	O
that	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
can	O
be	O
optimized	O
to	O
run	O
as	O
quickly	O
as	O
C/C	O
++	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
was	O
making	O
the	O
transition	O
to	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
still	O
only	O
ran	O
on	O
68k	B-Device
machines	O
,	O
and	O
only	O
compiled	O
to	O
68k	B-Device
binaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
looking	O
like	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
at	O
least	O
another	O
year	O
,	O
maybe	O
two	O
,	O
before	O
there	O
was	O
a	O
usable	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
product	O
,	O
so	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
cancelled	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
execs	O
killed	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
...	O
because	O
nobody	O
could	O
show	O
them	O
a	O
release-quality	O
product	O
when	O
they	O
started	O
swinging	O
the	O
meat	O
axes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spindler	O
,	O
CEO	O
of	O
Apple	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
stopped	O
Dylan	B-Language
because	O
the	O
engineers	O
working	O
on	O
it	O
were	O
more	O
expensive	O
than	O
Apple	O
could	O
afford	O
back	O
then	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Till	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
'	O
95	O
the	O
core	O
team	O
got	O
a	O
chance	O
to	O
wrap	O
up	O
all	O
they	O
had	O
and	O
package	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
product	O
which	O
came	O
out	O
as	O
the	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
Technology	O
Release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
featured	O
PPC	O
code	O
generation	O
but	O
did	O
not	O
itself	O
run	O
on	O
PowerPC	B-Architecture
natively	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
bed	O
was	O
all	O
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
and	O
there	O
was	O
no	O
PPC	O
MCL	O
(	O
Macintosh	B-Device
Common	B-Language
Lisp	I-Language
)	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
TR	O
PPC	O
was	O
quietly	O
released	O
1996	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
team	O
sometimes	O
hinted	O
that	O
not	O
bootstrapping	O
the	O
environment	O
in	O
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
a	O
mistake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
I	O
'm	O
convinced	O
that	O
Apple	B-Operating_System
Dylan	I-Operating_System
sank	O
because	O
the	O
development	O
team	O
tried	O
to	O
cram	O
all	O
our	O
favorite	O
features	O
into	O
it	O
(	O
mine	O
had	O
to	O
do	O
with	O
the	O
IDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
after	O
a	O
couple	O
of	O
years	O
I	O
decided	O
to	O
move	O
east	O
,	O
and	O
transferred	O
to	O
the	O
Cambridge	O
office	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Apple	O
wanted	O
us	O
to	O
stay	O
for	O
6	O
months	O
so	O
Dylan	B-Language
could	O
be	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
experimental	O
"	O
technology	O
release	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dylan	B-Language
was	O
announced	O
and	O
hyped	O
heavily	O
at	O
the	O
previous	O
WWDC	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
would	O
look	O
bad	O
if	O
it	O
disappeared	O
the	O
month	O
before	O
the	O
WWDC	O
the	O
following	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
the	O
back	O
was	O
a	O
screen	O
shot	O
of	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
IDE	O
with	O
all	O
of	O
our	O
names	O
listed	O
in	O
a	O
window	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Someone	O
found	O
an	O
advertisement	O
for	O
the	O
"	O
Beverly	O
Hills	O
90210	O
"	O
with	O
a	O
picture	O
of	O
Luke	O
Perry	O
,	O
whose	O
character	O
was	O
named	O
Dylan	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ad	O
said	O
"	O
Dylan	B-Language
-	O
one	O
step	O
closer	O
to	O
revenge	O
,	O
or	O
one	O
step	O
closer	O
to	O
death	O
?	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Gary	O
M	O
.	O
Palter	O
about	O
Functional	O
Objects	O
and	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
at	O
Harlequin	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
1999	O
,	O
Harlequin	O
canceled	O
its	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
and	O
laid	O
off	O
the	O
project	O
staff	O
,	O
myself	O
included	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
unusual	O
move	O
,	O
Harlequin	O
transferred	O
the	O
intellectual	O
property	O
rights	O
for	O
its	O
Dylan	B-Language
project	O
to	O
said	O
group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
group	O
decided	O
to	O
continue	O
its	O
efforts	O
to	O
both	O
develop	O
and	O
market	O
its	O
Dylan	B-Language
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CMU	O
's	O
Gwydion	O
Project	O
became	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
in	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Gwydion	O
Group	O
has	O
given	O
up	O
on	O
Dylan	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
Functional	O
Objects	O
,	O
formerly	O
Harlequin	O
Dylan	B-Language
,	O
ceased	O
operating	O
in	O
January	O
2006	O
,	O
they	O
open	O
sourced	O
their	O
repository	O
in	O
2004	O
to	O
Gwydion	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
Maintainers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dylan	B-Language
Flow	O
Machine	O
(	O
the	O
Harlequin	O
Dylan	B-Language
compiler	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Dylan	B-Language
User	O
Interface	O
Management	O
code	O
(	O
A	O
high	O
level	O
language	O
for	O
GUI	O
programming	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
Dylan	B-Language
implementation	O
and	O
further	O
development	O
of	O
CLIM	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Access	O
to	O
Microsoft	O
component	O
technology	O
:	O
Component	B-Application
Object	I-Application
Model	I-Application
(	O
COM	O
)	O
,	O
Object	B-Operating_System
Linking	I-Operating_System
and	I-Operating_System
Embedding	I-Operating_System
(	O
OLE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
LispWork-based	O
Dylan	B-Language
emulator	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
platform	O
independent	O
prototype	O
the	O
Dylan	B-Language
language	I-Language
implementation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
is	O
now	O
known	O
as	O
Open	B-Language
Dylan	I-Language
and	O
its	O
website	O
is	O
.	O
</s>
