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If you haven't clicked through to read the above commit message, please do. It is amazing. This is a glimpse into the mind of a mad scientist (and I respect and

by jessep 8y ago

If you haven't clicked through to read the above commit message, please do. It is amazing. This is a glimpse into the mind of a mad scientist (and I respect and love mad scientists more than anything and aspire to be one)

Razengan 8y ago
> It is a tragedy, but I cannot imagine a language better than Spiral. Not within real world constraints facing me. A language better than it would pretty much have to be magic. > So, in this respect, my programming skill has reached it's limit and the most I will be able to do is refine it. > And it is embarrassing to me because I want to do better. I am ashamed, but the one to come will have to follow up on what I could not manage with my meager human abilities. This reminds me of the fictional inspirational process of dwarves in the Drizzt Do'Urden series of books [0] by R. A. Salvatore [1]. In that setting a dwarf craftsman gets only one moment of exceptional divine inspiration in his life to forge a legendary artifact. It is both a blessing and curse for them, because they realize that they will never be able to surpass that work for the remainder of their long lives. I wonder if other people here have had that moment in their life as well? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore
- zwkrt 8y ago
  The dwarves should be thankful. Many people would have this moment and not realize it has passed them by.
s3m4j 8y ago
https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/1dee010d0efe665d976ae619597997d87eba6161 https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/1dee010... That one is really in the "mad scientist" mindset. I love it, I wish him and this project good luck.

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If you haven't clicked through to read the above commit message, please do. It is amazing. This is a glimpse into the mind of a mad scientist (and I respect and

by jessep 8y ago

Razengan 8y ago
> It is a tragedy, but I cannot imagine a language better than Spiral. Not within real world constraints facing me. A language better than it would pretty much have to be magic. > So, in this respect, my programming skill has reached it's limit and the most I will be able to do is refine it. > And it is embarrassing to me because I want to do better. I am ashamed, but the one to come will have to follow up on what I could not manage with my meager human abilities. This reminds me of the fictional inspirational process of dwarves in the Drizzt Do'Urden series of books [0] by R. A. Salvatore [1]. In that setting a dwarf craftsman gets only one moment of exceptional divine inspiration in his life to forge a legendary artifact. It is both a blessing and curse for them, because they realize that they will never be able to surpass that work for the remainder of their long lives. I wonder if other people here have had that moment in their life as well? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore
- zwkrt 8y ago
  The dwarves should be thankful. Many people would have this moment and not realize it has passed them by.
s3m4j 8y ago
https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/1dee010d0efe665d976ae619597997d87eba6161 https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/1dee010... That one is really in the "mad scientist" mindset. I love it, I wish him and this project good luck.