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Magik (Inspirational Magik) was originally introduced in 1990 and has been improved and updated over the years. Its current version is 4.0 or Magik SF (Small Footprint).
In July 2012, Magik developers announced that they were in the process of porting Magik language on the [[Java virtual machine]]<ref>{{cite web
| url=http://www.meetup.com/CambridgeJavaCommunity/events/70614352/
| title=Is there more to the JVM than Java?
| date=2012-07-10
| author= Adam Etches, Barry Cranford, Daniel Wagner
| quote=''The Smallworld geographic information system (http://tinyurl.com/smallworld-gis) is implemented in a dynamic language called Magik. We're moving Magik from its current custom virtual machine over to the JVM, while keeping millions of lines of existing Magik application code working just the same as before.''
| accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref>. The successful porting was confirmed by [[Oracle Corporation]] in November of the same year<ref>{{cite web
| url=https://blogs.oracle.com/jtc/entry/sprinkle_some_magik_on_that
| title=Sprinkle Some Magik on that Java Virtual Machine
| date=2012-11-05
| author=Jim Connors
| quote=''With this new capability GE Energy has succeeded in hosting their Magik environment on top of the Java Virtual Machine''
| accessdate=2012-11-06}}</ref>.
==Similarities with Smalltalk==
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