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Eric Bier Demonstrates Xerox PARC's Cedar

Computer History Museum · Demo · YouTube title: Eric Bier Demonstrates Cedar
Why it's here

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.

What it covers

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.