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Every time I read or hear something in connection with Xerox PARC, the same neurons fire in my brain, that kick in, when AREA-51 is the topic. Boooo ... Mystery!

In this technology forge concepts were developed as early as the 1970s, some of which are still fundamentally influencing modern system design, languages, UX, UI and other things decades later. And it seems to have developed in an almost conspiratorial way, or at least these people had a time machine.

Not only I had an alien moment 👽 with the current project. The gentleman who made us aware of the following project (thanks a lot by the way!) Paolo Amoroso aka @amoroso apparently felt the same way.

So what is it all about? Medley Interlisp-D.

Those who already know it, know. Period. For those who haven't had their fingers on it yet, getting started is almost a must! The special feature about Interlisp - which is of course a Lisp dialect - is, that there are quite a few special features. (how recursive ...) In Interlisp you don't write programs in the form of source files, which are then stored somewhere on a hard disk. Instead, the operating system kernel, development tools and your own programs are all extensions of one and the same runtime system, which you can access directly with the help of a GUI.

If that sounds strange at first, then getting started via Paolo's article definitely makes sense. But beware. Once you've tasted this sauce, you won't be ordering your fries with ketchup in the future.

Tip of the week! But massive timesink.