Draco was a

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created by Chris Gray. First developed for

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systems,

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version followed in 1987. Although Draco, a blend of

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and C, was well suited for general purpose programming, its uniqueness as a language was its main weak point. Gray used Draco for the Amiga to create a port of Peter Langston's game ''

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''.

References

External links

CP/M distribution

Freeware Draco-to-C converter
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Source code of Draco
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