When software was fun.
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
@amoroso
I recall (and loved) the Brief text editor. By Underware.Humour was allowed, once upon a time...
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@amoroso
I recall (and loved) the Brief text editor. By Underware.Humour was allowed, once upon a time...
@mikro2nd Brief by UnderWare?
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@mikro2nd Brief by UnderWare?
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Yep. Was a (very lovely) text editor for DOS. -
When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
@amoroso Honestly, I miss when more software was developped by "crews" and clubs
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
@amoroso Beagle Bros software was awesome!
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
Once upon a time, in 1980s Boston, there were some *peculiar* little companies.
3 of them once came to my attention:
Mark of the Unicorn: sold games and such, still exists doing music software.
BD Software: supposedly "brain-damaged software", made a C compiler in 1979. Still exists as BDSoft, doing other things.
MARC: I've almost totally forgotten, but I think it was some kind of OS thing.
It was widely suggested they merge, and call the result "MARC of the Brain Damaged Unicorn", with a logo of a broken-off unicorn horn stuck in an oak tree.
It was a different time.
(Back before the suits.)
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When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".
Right.
From memory, the preface to _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ says "programming should be fun". -
Right.
From memory, the preface to _Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs_ says "programming should be fun".I think that it's extraordinarily important that we in computer science keep fun in computing.
— Alan Perlis
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