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| name = Orwell

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| paradigm = [[Lazy evaluation|Lazy]] [[Functional programming|functional]]

| year = 1984

| designer = [[Philip Wadler]]

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| influenced_by = [[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]]

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'''Orwell''' is a small [[Lazy evaluation|lazy]] [[functional (programming)|functional]] [[programming language]] first released in 1984 by [[Philip Wadler]]. Developed as a free alternative to [[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]], it was a forerunner of [[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]]. It was one of the first programming languages to support [[list comprehensions]] and [[pattern matching]].