cedar

n 1: any of numerous trees of the family Cupressaceae that

resemble cedars [syn: {cedar tree}]

2: durable aromatic wood of any of numerous cedar trees;

especially wood of the red cedar often used for cedar

chests [syn: {cedarwood}]

3: any cedar of the genus Cedrus [syn: {cedar tree}, {true

cedar}]

Cedar

A superset of {Mesa}, from {Xerox PARC}, adding {garbage

collection}, {dynamic type}s and a universal pointer type (REF

ANY). Cedar is a large complex language designed for custom

Xerox hardware and the Cedar {operating system}/environment.

Data types are {atom}s, lists, ropes ("industrial strength"

strings), conditions. Multi-processing features include

{thread}s, {monitor}s, {signal}s and catch phrases. It was

used to develop the Cedar integrated programming environment.

["A Description of the Cedar Language", Butler Lampson, Xerox

PARC, CSL-83-15 (Dec 1983)].

["The Structure of Cedar", D. Swinehart et al, SIGPLAN Notices

20(7):230-244 (July 1985)].

(1995-01-26)