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Mesa (programming language)

Mesa is a programming language developed in the mid 1970s at the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center in Palo Alto, California, United States. The language name was a pun based upon the programming language catchphrases of the time, because Mesa is a "high level" programming language.

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Designed by
Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL)
Developer
Xerox PARC
First appeared
1976; 50 years ago (1976)
Stable release
Mesa 6.0 (Version 41) / July 1981; 45 years ago (1981-07)
Typing discipline
Strong, static

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Mesa (programming language)

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Designed by · 1
Mesa (programming language) → Computer Systems Laboratory (CSL)
Developer · 1
Mesa (programming language) → Xerox PARC
First appeared · 1
Mesa (programming language) → 1976; 50 years ago (1976)
Stable release · 1
Mesa (programming language) → Mesa 6.0 (Version 41) / July 1981; 45 years ago (1981-07)
Typing discipline · 1
Mesa (programming language) → Strong, static

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Mesa (programming language)Designed byComputer Systems Laboratory (CSL)1.00infobox
Mesa (programming language)DeveloperXerox PARC1.00infobox
Mesa (programming language)First appeared1976; 50 years ago (1976)1.00infobox
Mesa (programming language)Stable releaseMesa 6.0 (Version 41) / July 1981; 45 years ago (1981-07)1.00infobox
Mesa (programming language)Typing disciplineStrong, static1.00infobox
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