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1. Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:22 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

   I seriously hate that the default #uxn rom is a launcher, a way that only lets you launch pre-made programs.

   I found this excellent comment the other day that explains this better than I could:

   "Early computers were designed from the ground up to be truly general purpose. When you turned them on, you'd be presented with the word READY, and a blinking cursor. It was an open invitation to PROGRAM the machine! This is no mere appliance, it's a beckoning gateway to intellectual discovery!"

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:12 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • florian
     • minikomi

     @flowb @minikomi I'd like to work my way there, but first, I have a hundred things to learn along the way

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   • florian (flowb@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:14 UTC florian

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     • minikomi

     @minikomi @neauoire this is reminiscent of the central theme of Seymour Pappert’s book “Mindstorms”. Also, it would be really neat if an eventual spinoff of the uxn REPL could be an interactive turtle-graphics setup 🐢 🐢 🐢

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:18 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • minikomi

     @minikomi ah yes, it's less destrutive.. I'll go poke at Racket some more, it's been a while and I'm in need of some inspiration.

   • minikomi@merveilles.town's status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:18 UTC minikomi

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     @neauoire maybe "how to educate people to write programs" is a better description. Not be coders, but be systematic data-driven thinkers.

   • minikomi@merveilles.town's status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:19 UTC minikomi

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     @neauoire it's similar but not quite the same - emacs is interacting with a live repl, sending parts of code interactively. dr racket is basically, write it, run it, interact. the separation seems like a small point, but for beginners it's really easy to get into a state with the repl where you have no idea what's what.. being able to refresh and start again is an important nuance

   • minikomi@merveilles.town's status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:20 UTC minikomi

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     @neauoire yeah it's an IDE, but it has two panes - code editor, and repl. You press the "go" and get a live repl with your code

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:20 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • minikomi

     @minikomi ah! yes, that's what I thought. It has been a while since I've used racket, but I remember the sort of console that does live interpretation like in emacs.

   • minikomi@merveilles.town's status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:21 UTC minikomi

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     @neauoire I feel Dr.Racket has a great "inviting" mode for newcomers - a space for writing code, and a repl which that code lives in. The repl can be restarted afresh from the code anytime, gives a great sense of safety/balance of thinking and exploration.

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Saturday, 02-Apr-2022 19:21:21 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • minikomi

     @minikomi DrRacket is the .. program right, not a special mode or anything?

   • Rostiger (rostiger@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:12 UTC Rostiger

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     @neauoire Damn, that is cool as heck. Gets me excited about continuing my uxn journey!

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:12 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • Rostiger

     @rostiger I'm hoping to build a new rom that comes with the emulator that is more like an invitation to explore the system, than something that merely launches apps.

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:13 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     That's it, I've re-written Hydra..

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:13 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     MOVE ASIDE SMALLTALK

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:14 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     The Bicycle can now assemble hello world 🚴

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:14 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     This is turning into quite the livecoding environment.

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:15 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     • eli_oat

     Progressing on the REPL. Showing the prompt, stack and assembled program side-by-side.

     Little plant sprite by @eli_oat

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:15 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     The REPL now supports multi-line editing and I've hidden most of the debug widgets for a cleaner UI.

   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Sunday, 03-Apr-2022 10:05:16 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     The very first step of the Uxn REPL. This tiny inline assembler will allow me to make a rom that will act as a sort of playground for new adventurers.