top | item 9849313 (no title) kylebrown | 10 years ago Speaking of smalltalk, was project Oberon inspired by Alan Kay's STEPS project to implement a full OS + apps in under 20k LoC?http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2008004_steps08.pdf discuss order hn newest pjmlp|10 years ago It was inspired by Cedar.Wirth took sabbatical years to work at Xerox PARC in the two occasions.After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.On the second visit he got to use Mesa evolution, Cedar, which was his inspiration for Oberon and the Ceres workstation. pjmlp|10 years ago Replying to my own post. As it is already frozen for editing.Please note the sentence> After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.we is wrong! Stupid mobile autocorrection, it should be read he. dang|10 years ago Wow, that's fascinating. dang|10 years ago Oberon dates from the 80s, so much earlier. But they are clearly kindred spirits in wanting to make whole systems that a single person can understand.
pjmlp|10 years ago It was inspired by Cedar.Wirth took sabbatical years to work at Xerox PARC in the two occasions.After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.On the second visit he got to use Mesa evolution, Cedar, which was his inspiration for Oberon and the Ceres workstation. pjmlp|10 years ago Replying to my own post. As it is already frozen for editing.Please note the sentence> After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.we is wrong! Stupid mobile autocorrection, it should be read he. dang|10 years ago Wow, that's fascinating.
pjmlp|10 years ago Replying to my own post. As it is already frozen for editing.Please note the sentence> After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.we is wrong! Stupid mobile autocorrection, it should be read he.
dang|10 years ago Oberon dates from the 80s, so much earlier. But they are clearly kindred spirits in wanting to make whole systems that a single person can understand.
pjmlp|10 years ago
Wirth took sabbatical years to work at Xerox PARC in the two occasions.
After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.
On the second visit he got to use Mesa evolution, Cedar, which was his inspiration for Oberon and the Ceres workstation.
pjmlp|10 years ago
Please note the sentence
> After the first visit when we learned about Mesa, we designed Modula-2 and its OS Lillith.
we is wrong! Stupid mobile autocorrection, it should be read he.
dang|10 years ago
dang|10 years ago