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That source code seems very strange. I'm not even sure what language it is. On one hand, some things feel a high-level as C - such as many of the procs starti
by Mister_Snuggles 8y ago
That source code seems very strange. I'm not even sure what language it is.
On one hand, some things feel a high-level as C - such as many of the procs starting with "proc oops". On the other hand, things like "proc netloc" seem to have a chunk of assembly embedded in the middle of it. The use of symbols in the code (e.g., "←", which seems to be the assignment operator) is also interesting.
Even though I don't fully understand it, I find old code like this absolutely fascinating. I also feel the same way about old electronics/electrical manuals.
- TurkTurkleton 8y agoLike tjalfi said, it's SAIL [0]. It was an ALGOL derivative. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIL_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAIL_(programming_language)
- Mister_Snuggles 8y agoOh! I thought SAIL meant Stanford AI Lab in that context, I had no idea that it was a programming language too. Thanks!
- sebcat 8y ago> The use of symbols in the code (e.g., "←", which seems to be the assignment operator) is also interesting. Looks like they had their own character set [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Extended_ASCII https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanford_Extended_ASCII