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* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform Inform] @ Wikipedia
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inform Inform] @ Wikipedia
* [https://boingboing.net/2018/10/01/code-is-text.html The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature]
* [https://boingboing.net/2018/10/01/code-is-text.html The history of a Zorklike programming interpreter is a tale of language, art, code and literature]
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photopia Photopia] @ Wikipedia -  a piece of literature by Adam Cadre rendered in the form of interactive fiction, and written in Inform.

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Inform is a programming language and design system for interactive fiction originally created in 1993 by Graham Nelson. Inform can generate programs designed for the Z-code or Glulx virtual machines. Versions 1 through 5 were released between 1993 and 1996. Around 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. In 2006, Nelson released Inform 7 (briefly known as Natural Inform), a completely new language based on principles of natural language and a new set of tools based around a book-publishing metaphor.