Rob Ricciricci
Dec 19, 2025, 10:27 PMSo far some of our folks think they have found Hunt The Wumpus and the C code for a Snobol interpreter
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- Rob RicciricciDec 19, 2025, 11:00 PM
- Rob RicciricciDec 19, 2025, 11:02 PM
David Douarddouardda@pouet.chapril.orgDec 19, 2025, 10:49 PM@ricci can't wait to have this in @swheritage archive!
Dec 20, 2025, 1:23 PM@douardda @ricci @swheritage LLMs can wait.
Dec 20, 2025, 5:00 AM@ricci I… I kinda want to write some SNOBOL
- Rob RicciricciDec 20, 2025, 5:03 AM
@mcc it's free and no one can stop you
- Dec 20, 2025, 5:09 AM
@ricci Right right it's just… there's something that feels more visceral about writing SNOBOL from a C implementation on a recovered lost unix tape. Like eating cheese out of the mummy tomb. I know that there's cheese around the corner but THIS cheese has a forbidden thrill
Dec 20, 2025, 5:03 AMI am *very* interested in the Snobol interpreter that’s going to be rad as hell.
PhosphenesPhosphenes@glasgow.socialDec 20, 2025, 2:30 PMBell Labs is going to demand you burn the tape for copyright violation. 😆