Programming Language - Mesa

Mesa

Mesa - Xerox PARC, 1977. System and application programming for
proprietary hardware: Alto, Dolphin, Dorado and Dandelion. Pascal-like
syntax, Algol68-like semantics. An early version was weakly typed. Mesas
modules with separately compilable definition and implementation parts
directly led to Wirths design for Modula. Threads, coroutines
(fork/join), exceptions, and monitors. Type checking may be disabled.
Mesa was used internally by Xerox to develop ViewPoint, the Xerox Star,
MDE, and the controller of a high-end copier. It was released to a few
universitites in 1985. Succeeded by Cedar. "Mesa Language Manual", J.G.
Mitchell et al, Xerox PARC, CSL-79-3 (Apr 1979). "Early Experience with
Mesa", Geschke et al, CACM 20(8):540-552 (Aug 1977).

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