Implementation
The core of Apple Dylan is implemented in Macintosh Common Lisp (MCL), upon which the rest is implemented in Dylan. The Apple Cambridge office started life as an acquisition of Coral Software, the developers of Macintosh Common Lisp.
When Dylan was retargeted from the ARM to the desktop, the back end was modified to use APPLEX, a portable assembler designed by Wayne Loufborrow's team in Apple Cupertino.
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