Magik

Magik is an object-oriented programming language that supports multiple inheritance and polymorphism, and it is dynamically typed.

It was designed and implemented in 1989 by Arthur Chance of Smallworld Systems Ltd.

as part of Smallworld Geographical Information System (GIS).

Following Smallworld’s acquisition in 2000, Magik is now provided by GE Energy, still as part of its Smallworld technology platform.

Magik (Inspirational Magik) was originally introduced in 1990 and has been improved and updated over the years.

Its current version is 5.2. In July 2012, Magik developers announced that they were in the process of porting Magik language on the Java virtual machine.

The successful porting was confirmed by Oracle Corporation in November of the same year.