Then thanks to my curiosity I delved into the Xerox's and Genera documentation.
It is sad that a PDP-11 and VMS descendedant won the mainstream.
How much better could computing be if those behind those systems hadn't failed to bring them to the masses.
However environments like the JVM, .NET and their tooling bring us somehow close to it.
Also Swift with its Playground is helping new generations to rediscover this experience.
So maybe not all is lost.
Then thanks to my curiosity I delved into the Xerox's and Genera documentation.
It is sad that a PDP-11 and VMS descendedant won the mainstream.
How much better could computing be if those behind those systems hadn't failed to bring them to the masses.
However environments like the JVM, .NET and their tooling bring us somehow close to it.
Also Swift with its Playground is helping new generations to rediscover this experience.
So maybe not all is lost.