PLASMA
PLAnner-like System Modelled on Actors. Carl Hewitt, 1975. The first actor 
language. Originally called Planner-73, and implemented in MacLisp. Lisp-like 
syntax, but with several kinds of parentheses and brackets.
 
["A PLASMA Primer", B. Smith et al, AI Lab Working Paper 92, MIT Oct 1975].
 
["Viewing Control Structures as Patterns of Passing Messages", C. Hewitt, AI Lab 
Memo 410, MIT 1976].
 
  
 
  
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