Aucbvax.1675 fa.apollo utzoo!duke!mhtsa!eagle!ucbvax!DDYER@USC-ISIB Fri Jun 12 18:28:25 1981 mesa Mesa is a language of between PASCAL and ADA in philosophy and sophistication, though much closer to ADA. Its main distinguishing characteristics are incredibly strong typing, complete cross-module type consistancy checking, excellent facilities for modularization and information-hiding within modules. The MESA environment features the most extensive configuration control and debugging facilities I have ever seen. I recommend "Mesa, Language Manual" and "Early Experience with MESA", both Xerox publications available from PARC. ------- ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.