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MDL (programming language)
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<h2 id="code-sample">Code sample</h2> <p>This is a sample of PDP-10 MDL:<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a> </p> <DEFINE EXIT-TO (EXITS RMS) #DECL ((EXITS) EXIT (RMS) <UVECTOR [REST ROOM]>) <MAPF <> <FUNCTION (E) #DECL ((E) <OR DIRECTION ROOM CEXIT NEXIT DOOR>) <COND (<TYPE? .E DIRECTION>) (<AND <TYPE? .E ROOM> <MEMQ .E .RMS>> <MAPLEAVE T>) (<AND <TYPE? .E CEXIT> <MEMQ <2 .E> .RMS>> <MAPLEAVE T>) (<AND <TYPE? .E DOOR> <OR <MEMQ <DROOM1 .E> .RMS> <MEMQ <DROOM2 .E> .RMS>>> <MAPLEAVE T>)>> .EXITS>> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Zork_Implementation_Language/AN4mCxxX">Zork Implementation Language</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Zork/foP222ad">Zork</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Scheme_(programming_language)/0aGdf3SC">Scheme (programming language)</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Planner_(programming_language)/zjDLJXnR">Planner (programming language)</a></li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Supnik, Bob (October 25, 2006). "GET LAMP Bob Supnik Interview" (Interview). Interviewed by Jason Scott. 15:00. <a href="https://archive.org/details/GETLAMP-Supnik" target="_blank">https://archive.org/details/GETLAMP-Supnik</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Licklider, J. C. R. (January 1988). Graphical Programming and Monitoring RADC-TR-88-7 (PDF) (Report). Rome Air Development Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-18. <a href="/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider" target="_blank">/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Dornbrook, Michael; Blank, Marc (1980). MDL Programming Primer MIT-LCS-TR-292 (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science. Retrieved 2019-05-18. <a href="http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/pubs/pdf/MIT-LCS-TR-292.pdf" target="_blank">http://publications.csail.mit.edu/lcs/pubs/pdf/MIT-LCS-TR-292.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Galley, Stu W.; Pfister, Greg (1979). The MDL Programming Language (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science. Retrieved 2018-12-18. (Markdown/HTML transcription) <a href="http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Language.pdf" target="_blank">http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Language.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Lebling, P. David (May 1980). The MDL Programming Environment (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science. Retrieved 2018-12-18. <a href="http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Environment.pdf" target="_blank">http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Environment.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Licklider, J. C. R. (January 1988). Graphical Programming and Monitoring RADC-TR-88-7 (PDF) (Report). Rome Air Development Center. Archived (PDF) from the original on May 3, 2019. Retrieved 2019-05-18. <a href="/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider" target="_blank">/wiki/J._C._R._Licklider</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Lim, Poh Chuan (1982). A Device-Independent Graphics Manager for MDL (PDF) (Report). Massachusetts Institute of Technology. p. 69. Retrieved 2019-05-18. <a href="https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/102210/10219781-MIT.pdf#page=69" target="_blank">https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/102210/10219781-MIT.pdf#page=69</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>Galley, Stu W.; Pfister, Greg (1979). The MDL Programming Language (PDF). Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Laboratory for Computer Science. Retrieved 2018-12-18. (Markdown/HTML transcription) <a href="http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Language.pdf" target="_blank">http://ifarchive.org/if-archive/programming/mdl/manuals/MDL_Programming_Language.pdf</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Dyer, Richard (1984-05-06). "Masters of the Game". The Boston Globe. Archived from the original on 1997-06-07. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/19970607204921/http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Articles/globe84.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/19970607204921/http://www.csd.uwo.ca/Infocom/Articles/globe84.html</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>"Zork-mdl.zip". <a href="http://simh.trailing-edge.com/games/zork-mdl.zip" target="_blank">http://simh.trailing-edge.com/games/zork-mdl.zip</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>Supnik, Bob (2018-06-04). "Software Kits". Computer Simulation and History (SimH). Bitsavers.org. Retrieved 2018-12-18. <a href="http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html" target="_blank">http://simh.trailing-edge.com/software.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Supnik, Bob (2007-09-02). "Software Kits". Computer Simulation and History (SimH). Forum PDP-11. Retrieved 2018-12-18. <a href="http://pdp-11.ru/simh_trailing-edge_com/software.html" target="_blank">http://pdp-11.ru/simh_trailing-edge_com/software.html</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>