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'''Orwell''' is a small, [[Lazy evaluation|lazy-evaluation]] [[functional (programming)|functional]] [[programming language]] implemented principally by Martin Raskovsky and first released in 1984 by [[Philip Wadler]] during his time as a Research Fellow in the [[Programming Research Group]], part of the [[Oxford University Department of Computer Science|Oxford University Computing Laboratory]]. Developed as a free alternative to ''[[Miranda (programming language)|Miranda]]'', it was a forerunner of ''[[Haskell (programming language)|Haskell]]'' and was one of the first programming languages to support [[list comprehensions]] and [[pattern matching]].

The name is a tribute to George Orwell's novel ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'', the year in which the programming language was released. In the late 1980s and the 1990s, most of the computing practical assignments for [[undergraduate|undergraduates]]s studying for a [[Academic degree|degree]] in ''[[Mathematics and Computing Engineering|Mathematics and Computation]]'' at [[Oxford University]] were required to be completed using the language.

==References==

*{{cite journal|last=Wadler|first=P.L.|year=1988|title=Introduction to Orwell 5.00|publisher=[[Programming Research Group]] of [[Oxford University]]|display-authors=etal}}

[[Category:Functional languages]]

[[Category:Haskell programming language family]]

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