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'''MDL''' (the MIT Design Language) is a descendant of the [[Lisp programming language|Lisp]] [[Programming]] language. Its initial purpose was to provide high level language support for the Dynamic Modeling Group at [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology|MIT]]'s [[Project MAC]]. It was initially developed in 1971 on the [[PDP-10]] computer under the [[Incompatible Timesharing System]].

The initial development team consisted of [[Gerald Sussman]] and [[Carl Hewitt]] of the Artificial Intelligence Lab, and Chris Reeve, Bruce Daniels, and David Cressey of the Dynamic Modeling Group. Later, [[Stu Galley]], also of the Dynamic Modeling Group, wrote the MDL documentation.

MDL was initially known as “Muddle”. This style of self-deprecating humor was not widely understood or appreciated outside of Project MAC and a few other early citadels of information technology. So the name was sanitized to MDL.