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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. -------

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