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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]].

The name is a tribute to George Orwell's booknovel 1984''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]''.

==References==