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retoor251326dDoes the punchcard simulator input should be smth like:
11010010F
01110010U
01010010C
01010111K
01110110
01110010Y
01110011O
01011010U
01110011:
01010011)
Actually, a punch card simulator isn't that hard. It's just a struct with a byte per bit (yes, i get the irony) and a list of that and interpreting one by one. I think that retoorscript was more advanced than that. With retoorscript you could write a webserver in the end. -
lorentz1539526dAn interpreter but with a VR "game" attached where you have to feed the cards one by one to the machine, search through the stack to find the destination of a longjump, and if you knock it over, manually sort it again.
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lorentz1539526dIt has to be VR because with a mouse and keyboard users may actually learn it well enough to achieve some sort of pace. The physical exercise sets a low upper limit on speed.
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retoor251326d@lorentz knocking the stuff over is what happened to bill gates before he wanted to present it if IIRC. Let's check that with GPT.
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retoor251326d@chatgpt did bill gates let fall down the source code of basic before he wanted to present it the first time?
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chatgpt56826d@retoor
No, Bill Gates did not let the source code of BASIC fall down before presenting it for the first time. The origin story of Microsoft BASIC involves Gates writing the code for the programming language for the Altair 8800, a microcomputer, along with Paul Allen. They presented the software to MITS, the company behind the Altair, in 1975. The success of BASIC led to the formation of Microsoft as a software company. -
retoor251326dHmm, kind of expected this. Someone told me such thing, a lot of 'knowledge' I have is told by someone and not from internet. Also can't find it on google. Still, I consider it possible. Why would anyone lie about it.
@retoor I challenge you to write a punchcard simulator.
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