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From: dxf <dxforth@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: ChipWits code Open Sourced!
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2024 11:21:33 +1100
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On 19/11/2024 7:10 am, LIT wrote:
> Both original Mac and Commodore 64 FORTH source
> code of the game have been open-sourced:
> 
> https://chipwits.com/2024/11/16/chipwits-40th-birthday-original-forth-code-open-sourced/
> 
> https://github.com/chipwits/chipwits-forth
> 
> If anyone of you don't recall this nice game
> -- here it can be played online, in your browser:
> https://chipwits.com/retro/

 "The team hopes that this will inspire a new generation of programmers
  to learn about FORTH and how many games were programmed in the 1980s."

I can imagine the questions ... Is it written in Forth-2012?  Where are
the comments?  Actually I'd agree with the last.  Either the original
programmer has a good memory - or he has the drive to learn it all over
again.