That would be fun, although I don't think this list is setup for "sub-Reddits." I occasionally hack with my first love, APL. Wouldn't mind some SNOBOL or PL/1 dalliances, but no time.
Lee C. On Fri, Aug 7, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Chris Osborn <fozzt...@fozztexx.com> wrote: > On Aug 7, 2015, at 9:18 AM, Eric Christopherson <echristopher...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Is there a subset of this group for people who like to program in > > languages or language implementations or libraries that are no longer > > in common mainstream use? Or other groups for such a thing? > > I do programming in BASIC twice a year for the RetroBattlestations BASIC > Week contests. I try to come up with fairly simple but still interesting > programs that people can type in on their old computers. I like BASIC > because there are so many computers that have BASIC on-board and people > don’t need to try to figure out how to get a disk drive or a tape drive > connected and working and can turn on their machine and try out the program. > > I usually end up porting the program myself to sevarl different platforms > to give less experienced people something to type in and also give more > experienced people several versions to compare to when they try to port to > their favorite BASIC dialect. > > I also did a LOGO Week once. I keep thinking I should do a FORTRAN Week or > a HyperCard Week, but haven’t yet. > > You can check out all the past BASIC Week contests (as well as lots of > other contests) here: > > http://redd.it/3fmpks > > -- > Follow me on twitter: @FozzTexx > Check out my blog: http://insentricity.com > > -- Lee Courtney +1-650-704-3934 cell
