Inform 6
| Paradigm(s) | object-oriented, procedural |
|---|---|
| Appeared in | 1993 |
| Designed by | Graham Nelson |
| Developer | Graham Nelson |
| Stable release | 6.31 (February 10, 2006) |
| Influenced by | natural language |
| Influenced | Inform 7 |
| OS | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, others |
| License | Freeware and Artistic License 2.0 |
| Website | http://inform7.com/sources/i6n/ |
Inform was originally created by Graham Nelson in 1993. In 1996 Nelson rewrote Inform from first principles to create version 6 (or Inform 6). Over the following decade, version 6 became reasonably stable and a popular language for writing interactive fiction.
The Inform 6 system consists of two major components: the Inform compiler, which generates story files from Inform source code, and the Inform library, a suite of software which handles most of the difficult work of parsing the player's text input and keeping track of the world model. The name Inform also refers to the Inform programming language that the compiler understands.
Although Inform 6 and the Z-Machine were originally designed with interactive fiction in mind, a large number of other programs have been developed, including a BASIC interpreter, a LISP tutorial (complete with interpreter), a Tetris game, and a version of the game Snake.
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