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Genera (operating system)
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<p>Genera is a <a href="/facts/Commercial_software/WLgyRFMh">commercial</a> <a href="/facts/Operating_system/8XTuvMh2">operating system</a> and <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> for <a href="/facts/Lisp_machine/8ULEHdF0">Lisp machines</a> created by <a href="/facts/Symbolics/U8cJjbwb">Symbolics</a>. It is essentially a <a href="/facts/Fork_(software_development)/D6khxhpr">fork</a> of an earlier operating system originating on the <a href="/facts/Massachusetts_Institute_of_Technology/Xk49vNA8">Massachusetts Institute of Technology</a> (MIT) <a href="/facts/MIT_Computer_Science_and_Artificial_Intelligence_Laboratory/mTg66jb9">AI Lab's</a> <a href="/facts/Lisp_machine/8ULEHdF0">Lisp machines</a> which Symbolics had used in common with <a href="/facts/Lisp_Machines/rR0dGMAu">Lisp Machines</a>, Inc. (LMI), and <a href="/facts/Texas_Instruments/88NUhuHF">Texas Instruments</a> (TI). Genera was also sold by Symbolics as Open Genera, which runs Genera on computers based on a <a href="/facts/Digital_Equipment_Corporation/ztxs6keA">Digital Equipment Corporation</a> (DEC) <a href="/facts/DEC_Alpha/4eN7LuXG">Alpha</a> processor using <a href="/facts/Tru64_UNIX/J4tMy7uA">Tru64 UNIX</a>. In 2021 a new version was released as Portable Genera which runs on Tru64 UNIX on Alpha, <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a> on <a href="/facts/X86-64/cyWvUFlP">x86-64</a> and <a href="/facts/Arm64/ukAolpcp">Arm64</a> <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, and <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> on x86-64 and Arm64 (<a href="/facts/Apple_silicon/A8RgouDB">Apple Silicon M Series</a>). It is released and <a href="/facts/Software_license/7enfIqhL">licensed</a> as <a href="/facts/Proprietary_software/9zcskxYL">proprietary software</a>. </p><p>Genera is an example of an <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_operating_system/zAwXyN2h">object-oriented operating system</a> based on the programming language <a href="/facts/Lisp_(programming_language)/xJHA3CrX">Lisp</a>. </p><p>Genera supports incremental and interactive development of complex software using a mix of programming styles with extensive support for <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming</a>. </p>