Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World"

On 2025-03-27, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:

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Thought people in this group might be interested in this article on
Wired:
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"Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a
new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation."
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-- https://www.wired.com/story/forth-collapse-os-apocalypse-programming-language/
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Alexis.

Add a ZMachine on top and I'm sold. But not as a post-apocallipse computer,
but maybe as a general one if it had networking support. Writing a gopher, irc
and some small usenet client would be a breeze.