Cedar - Xerox PARC. Superset of Mesa, adding garbage collection, dynamic
types and a universal pointer type (REF ANY). A large complex language
designed for custom Xerox hardware and the Cedar OS/environment. Data
types: atoms, lists, ropes ("industrial strength" strings), conditions.
Multiprocessing features include threads, monitors, signals and catch
phrases. Used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment. "A
Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox PARC, CSL-83-15
(Dec 1983). "The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices
20(7):230-244 (July 1985).
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