Dylan

Hello World in Dylan

Every programming journey starts with Hello World. Let’s write our first Dylan program and experience this unique language that combines dynamic flexibility with efficient compilation.

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Variables and Types in Dylan

Dylan is a dynamically typed language with a strong type system — values carry their types at runtime, and the language prevents unsafe coercions between incompatible types. What makes Dylan’s …

Operators in Dylan

Operators are the building blocks of expressions in any programming language. In Dylan, operators carry a special significance because of the language’s heritage: they are actually generic …

Control Flow in Dylan

Control flow is how a program decides what to do and how many times to do it. Dylan gives you a comfortable, ALGOL-flavored toolkit — if/elseif/else, while, until, and for — but it carries a …

Functions in Dylan

Functions are where Dylan’s multi-paradigm character becomes obvious. Dylan is object-oriented, functional, and procedural all at once, and its function model reflects that blend. You can write …