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From: anthk <anthk@openbsd.home>
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Subject: Re: "The Best Programming Language for the End of the World"
Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2025 22:14:54 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-27, Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thought people in this group might be interested in this article on
> Wired:
>
> "Once the grid goes down, an old programming language called Forth—and a
> new operating system called Collapse OS—may be our only salvation."
>
> -- https://www.wired.com/story/forth-collapse-os-apocalypse-programming-language/
>
>
> 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.