2024-07-03 04:00:07 I think what really impresses me about Mecrisp Across is that they chose a task, and they NAILED it. They didn't try to be all things to all people - they picked a target and hit it with "high rightness." To me that's what good engineering is all about, regardless of domain. 2024-07-03 04:01:42 It's similar to my fondness of basic ereaders. They didn't try to give us a gadget that plays movies, runs games, and does every other thing in sight. The EMULATE BOOKS. It's a nice simple well defined target that can be bullseyed. 2024-07-03 04:02:27 In that case it's more the choice of design goals that impress me - the actually engineering was probably pretty straightforward. 2024-07-03 04:03:31 I saw some of the same kind of thinking in that "The Computer Built To Last 50 Years" article we had linked here the other day. 2024-07-03 04:04:48 The sad thing is that these days NOTHING is built to last 50 years. It's not just a computer thing, though it's extreme with computers. More or less everything you can go buy out there is built cheaply and expected to be discarded in a few years at most. 2024-07-03 04:05:52 Our economic model doesn't encourage an emphasis on longevity (in fact, it DISCOURAGES it), and that's kind of sad. 2024-07-03 14:53:02 it turns that ," (comma-quote) existed and was what it wanted 2024-07-03 14:53:30 i* 2024-07-03 16:46:13 Does that compile a string? That's what the name implies to me. 2024-07-03 16:52:03 Looks like yes 2024-07-03 16:52:10 But it's not immediate 2024-07-03 16:55:09 In gforth, it's defined as : ," 34 parse S, ; 2024-07-03 20:56:51 i think that the biggest hurdle for me with forth is that i write c all day every day for a living, and after that, it's so hard for me to pivot to forth. i usually pull it up, look at the problem i'm facing atm, and go "i'm just not in the mood for this shit right now." 2024-07-03 20:57:48 it takes mental energy to switch paradigms 2024-07-03 21:11:42 so i guess what i'm saying is: if one of you could please pay me to play with forth, then i could quit $dayjob and it would be much better for me 2024-07-03 21:18:40 Interesting. 2024-07-03 21:18:51 That it's not immediate.