Eric Bier Demonstrates Cedar
Computer History Museum · 3 HN recommendations
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Eric Bier, a PARC research scientist, demonstrates the Cedar integrated programming environment and language, an evolution of Mesa from Xerox PARC. The demo shows the Tioga editor, garbage collection, and a full graphical workstation environment.
Why HN recommends it: HN keeps citing it as proof of how advanced a GC-based systems language and integrated workstation were decades ago, and as a model for what desktop OSes could be.
“Be prepared to be amazed with what Xerox PARC and others were doing” Read on HN ↗