21 Jun
2026
21 Jun
'26
11:20 a.m.
As a fan of BCPL (from the Alto), I only wish it was better documented.
For example, Tripos has next to no documentation on it including how to
compile and load it. Documentation on the runtimes is also lacking (and
that's where the rubber meets the road).
Unfortunately, the Alto changes were not picked up so it remains an
isolated branch (and *dead* by the definitions put forward).
22 Jun
22 Jun
2:20 p.m.
New subject: What constitutes a dead computer language
This conversation has been fascinating - I'm tempted to collect all of the emails on
this topic and run them thru an AI for a summary - anyone object or have a better idea?
Tom
4:29 p.m.
New subject: What constitutes a dead computer language
No complaints here. I've been using chatgpt to help me port an LMI 68K
industrial forth to Mac plus ROM space I wrote in 1990.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 2:20 PM Tom Gardner via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
This conversation has been fascinating - I'm tempted to collect all of the emails on
this topic and run them thru an AI for a summary - anyone object or have a better idea?
Tom
7:09 p.m.
New subject: What constitutes a dead computer language
Tom Gardner via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> writes:
This conversation has been fascinating - I'm
tempted to collect all of
the emails on this topic and run them thru an AI for a summary -
anyone object or have a better idea?
Yeah. I object. Don't do that.
--
Rich Alderson cc(a)alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen
7:58 p.m.
New subject: What constitutes a dead computer language
What? Are you chicken McFly? AI is useful as a gopher and another set
of not to be trusted eyes.
On Mon, Jun 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM Rich Alderson via cctalk
<cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
Tom Gardner via cctalk <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> writes:
This conversation has been fascinating - I'm
tempted to collect all of
the emails on this topic and run them thru an AI for a summary -
anyone object or have a better idea?
Yeah. I object. Don't do that.
--
Rich Alderson cc(a)alderson.users.panix.com
Audendum est, et veritas investiganda; quam etiamsi non assequamur,
omnino tamen proprius, quam nunc sumus, ad eam perveniemus.
--Galen
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