MDL

MDL
Authoring system
[[File:|class=ifwiki-infobox-image]]
Link
Developer
Format
Interaction style	Parser
System
System details
Latest version
Status	Unmaintained
Implements
Uses
Multimedia support
License
Notes	Generic programming language
Browse 0 games written with MDL
Browse the software database
Edit this infobox

MDL (or Muddle) was a dialect of Lisp used at MIT for the original version of Zork/Dungeon. When Infocom was formed, Zork was re-implemented in ZIL, a new language created specially for the purpose.

Links

• MDL programming language at Wikipedia.
• MDL information at the IF Archive:
  • The MDL Programming Language (1979), Stu Galley and Greg Pfister. (Or a 1977 version.)
  • The MDL Programming Environment (1980), Dave Lebling.
  • The MDL Programming Language Primer (1980), Michael Dornbrook and Marc Blank.

This article is a stub. You can help IFWiki by expanding it.
TODO: Describe relationship between MDL, LISP, and ZIL.