On Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 8:09 AM, Josh Dersch <dersc...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Mesa became the basis for much of the software on Xerox's later > D-machines (the Star and its successors). It was compiled into a > byte-coded stack-based machine code (the bytecode interpreter was > implemented in microcode on the Alto and later machines) and apparently the > code density was pretty remarkable (from what I've read). The Viewpoint > GUI and applications were written in it. It was a strongly-typed > high-level language with exceptions. I don't (yet) have any direct > experience in using the language, but it's something I want to get around > to one of these days. > > - Josh > ISTR that BravoX was written in Mesa. -- Ian -- Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS, Ph.D. Candidate The Information School <http://ischool.uw.edu> Dissertation: "Why the Conversation Mattered: Constructing a Sociotechnical Narrative Through a Design Lens Archivist, Voices From the Rwanda Tribunal <http://tribunalvoices.org> Value Sensitive Design Research Lab <http://vsdesign.org> University of Washington There is an old Vulcan saying: "Only Nixon could go to China."
