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Programming in an Interactive Environment: The “Lisp” Experience (1978) [pdf]

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lispm 8y ago
A bunch of topics are covered in this paper: * interactive programming in Lisp * residential systems with managed source * structure editing * domain specific languages * programming methodology * programmable/extensible software * embedded languages * patching code by advising (before and after...) and more This paper is also included in the book 'Interactive Programming Environments', 1984, Barstow/Shrobe/Sandewall
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pjmlp 8y ago
That Lisp experience was quite relevant at Xerox PARC and they made a point of providing a similar experience with Mesa, and later Mesa/Cedar development environments. "Xerox Development Environment (XDE)" http://www.digibarn.com/friends/curbow/star/XDEPaper.pdf http://www.digibarn.com/friends/curbow/star/XDEPaper.pdf "Xerox Development Environment: Concepts and Principles " http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/xde/XDE_3.0_Nov84/XDE3.0-1001_XDE_Concepts_and_Principles_Version_3.0_Nov84.pdf http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/xerox/xde/XDE_3.0_Nov84/XDE3.0-... "The Cedar Programming Environment, A Midterm Report and Examination" http://worrydream.com/refs/Teitelman%20-%20The%20Cedar%20Programming%20Environment,%20A%20Midterm%20Report%20and%20Examination.pdf http://worrydream.com/refs/Teitelman%20-%20The%20Cedar%20Pro...