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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: Sat, 5 Apr 2025 21:49:18 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2025-03-31, albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> wrote:
> In article <slrnvuik3u.miq.anthk@openbsd.home>,
> anthk  <anthk@openbsd.home> wrote:
>>On 2025-03-29, mhx <mhx@iae.nl> wrote:
>>>> Writing a gopher, irc
>>>> and some small usenet client would be a breeze.
>>>
>>> That should be the least of our worries when the world ends?
>>>
>>> -marcel
>>
>>More than 'end', Dusk OS looks great for 2nd/3rd world machines
>>with very few requirements. You might find surprised that Lagrange
>>and protocols like Gopher and Gemini among https://telae.net
>>are used in some part of South America.
>>
>>More than 'the end of the world', think about 'non reliable
>>sources of power', shitty internet connections and so on.
>>
>>DuskOS with TCP/IP, gopher/irc and maybe some basic soundcard
>>support would be great for low end i386 machines.
>
> The third world is developing faster than the first world because
> of the second world.
> Because of the Belt and Road initiative and investments from China but
> mostly of the incompetence of Musk and Trump, USA becomes the third
> world, and the other worlds move one place up.
> Don't expect i386 relevant in other places than the USA.
> arm and riscv rule!
>
> Huawei is deploying 6G and once finished starlink can't compete,
> because they need ground stations everywhere.
> Robot factories can crank out one smart phone per second, so the now
> poor countries can afford them. Read up on 'xiao mi'.
>
> Groetjes Albert

I daily speak with latam users. They love some Gopher and Gemini services
such as News Waffle. 

You can always check comp.infosystems.gemini

On Forth, I think Retroforth could be suited for that if it had TLS support.