Harlequin Commits to Release
DylanWorks in 1996
Robust Dylan Language Implementation and Native Compiler
Cambridge, Wednesday, June 7, 1995 - Harlequin announced today their
intention to release DylanWorks,(TM) a full-featured Dylan(TM) development
environment and native compiler, in the first half of 1996. In addition,
Harlequin will begin to release software applications built using
DylanWorks during the second half of 1996. This announcement follows the
first public demonstration of the product at the recent Apple World Wide
Developers Conference.
"We are very excited about the potential of the Dylan language for
programmers who need to deliver powerful end-user applications," said Jo
Marks, President of Harlequin. "In fact, we plan to harness the power of
Dylan for Harlequin's own development efforts and have committed to begin
releasing software applications built with DylanWorks by the second half of
1996," he added.
Harlequin DylanWorks
DylanWorks, Harlequin's implementation of Dylan, offers a dynamic
development environment and native compiler producing fast, compact
executables. DylanWorks will initially be released for Windows95 and
Windows NT, and will provide full interoperability with OLE and Win32
functionality. Harlequin plans for future releases include making
DylanWorks available across all standard platforms.
The Dylan Language
The Dylan language was developed by Apple Computer with input from
designers at Harlequin and Carnegie-Mellon University as an alternative to
C, Lisp and Smalltalk. The language has been carefully designed to allow
the development of libraries, components, and applications comparable in
size and performance with those developed in languages such as C++. However
Dylan does this from a dynamic base which gives it the advantage of
improved productivity, flexibility, and robustness.
Dylan combines the strengths of each of the major object-oriented
programming languages to deliver code that is as compact and efficient as C
and C++, as modular as Scheme and Smalltalk, and as robust and flexible as
Lisp. The end result is a language that is dynamic and flexible during
development, but can deliver compact efficient applications.
The Harlequin Approach
Harlequin fully believes in the open systems approach to computing no
matter what the industry or application. This philosophy extends to the art
of programming and has driven the company to develop programming toolkits
to meet the diverse needs of programmers like their own, working to deliver
end-user applications that solve real-world business problems.
As a major developer of symbolic processing environments and
object-oriented technologies, Harlequin's software development efforts
focus on knowledge-based computing and object-oriented systems -
technologies that are widely regarded as the future of computing. The
company's products in these areas include Lisp and Dylan application
development environments and expert systems toolkits.
Harlequin is also the recognized leader in supplying technology
solutions to the pre-press and electronic publishing markets. In
addition to symbolic processing and electronic publishing, Harlequin
develops and markets vertical applications serving Law Enforcement,
Finance, Insurance, the World Wide Web, and more. The company
currently delivers over twenty products to these extremely diverse
markets.
Harlequin offices are located in Cambridge, Massachusetts; Menlo Park,
California; Windham, New Hampshire; Seattle, Washington; Cambridge,
Longstanton, and Manchester, England, and Sydney, Brisbane, and Canberra,
Australia.
For additional information about Harlequin and our products, please visit our
Home Page on the World Wide Web: http://www.harlequin.com