ARPAVAX:UNKNOWN:HAL@MIT-MC (09/12/82)
From: Hal Abelson <HAL at MIT-MC> The MIT Laboratory for Computer Science has an immediate opening for a permanent research staff position in the Educational Computing Group. Our group is developing an integrated computational tool for non-expert users, which will serve as a successor to the Logo system, suitable for the personal computers of the late 1980's. This will be a powerful general-purpose programming environment, which includes capabilities for text-editing, programming, data manipulation and inter-user communication, and yet is integrated and coherent, that is, in which all of the basic capabilities can be assimilated to a single, uniform, easily understood computational scheme. Our system is Lisp-based, but differs from other attempts at integrated systems (Smalltalk, Interlisp, Lisp machine) in making the user interface much more integral to the meaning of the system than any previous language. The language also makes use of a pervasive spatial metaphor in which linguistic structures and relations are mirrored in the spatial relations shown on the screen. The new staff member should be able to assume primary responsibility for the continued implementation of this system, which is being done on Lisp machines. Applicants should be knowledgeable about Logo and have substantial experience with large-scale systems development in Lisp. Previous experience with Lisp machines would also be highly desirable. Interested parties should contact: Prof. Hal Abelson Laboratory for Computer Science MIT Cambridge, Ma. 02139 Hal@MIT-MC