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Inform - Resources - Examples - Ruins
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Ruins is the running example in Chapters II and III of the Designer's Manual. This link allows you to browse and download the source code to the completed work.
Inform - Support - Source - Technical Manual
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This plain text file is an organised collection of notes on the main Inform compiler algorithms and data structures. It's a technical document of use only to people modifying and maintaining the program.
Inform - Z-Machine - Standards
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A collection of detailed standards documents for the running of the virtual computer underlying Inform games. Designers will seldom if ever need to see these, but they do contain documentation on assembly language programming more detailed than the summary in the Designer's Manual.
Inform - Z-Machine - Standards
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The same standards documents, compiled into a single volume and converted to PDF by Peer Schaefer.
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