Welcome to Open Dylan!
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     <p><em>Dylan is an advanced, object-oriented, dynamic language which
     supports rapid program development.  When needed, programs can be
     optimized for more efficient execution by supplying more type
     information to the compiler.  Nearly all entities in Dylan
     (including functions, classes, and basic data types such as
     integers) are first class objects. Additionally Dylan supports
     multiple inheritance, polymorphism, multiple dispatch, keyword
     arguments, object introspection, macros, and many other advanced
     features...  --Peter Hinely</em></p>
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       <p>Just getting started with Open Dylan?  We recommend that
       you read the <a href="documentation/intro-dylan/">Introduction to
       Dylan</a> to get a feel for the language. After that, you can broaden
       your knowledge with the <a href="books/dpg/">Dylan Programming</a>
       book.</p>
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For more on the background and goals of the Dylan language, see the
excellent :drm:`Introduction to the Dylan Reference Manual <drm_6>`.

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