[net.lang] Query on Edison

wm (04/19/83)

Can anyone supply more information about Per Brinch-Hansen's
Edison system?  Is it really a compiled system?  How good
is it at producing efficient code (say, compared to C)?  Can
you produce stand-alone software with it, or does it have a
massive run time?  What I am scared of is that this is another
P-system mess.  Tell me it isn't true.  Where are more references
to it?  The only reference they supply is a book whose copyright
is April 1983.  If this system is what I think it is, it should
be perfect for software development on micros, something that
has been mostly lacking.

			Wm Leler - UNC Chapel Hill