I've often wondered about taking this one step further: rather than using the terminal to render ersatz graphics, building a plain-text based, conversational op

I've often wondered about taking this one step further: rather than using the terminal to render ersatz graphics, building a plain-text based, conversational operating system. Something like a generalization of ed[0], not just for editing but for doing every other task, but with a more verbose English syntax rather than line noise. You could even do conversational tree editing, e.g.: Current node: function definition `fibonacci` with one parameter. >rt The return type is `int`. >body Current node: an `if` statement. >condition The condition is: n <= 2. >replace <= with < The condition is: n < 2. No type errors. >build and test Build complete. 100% tests pass. Or something like an interactive fiction/text adventure[1] type thing, where you move through a virtual memory palace by typing e.g. "go east", "go up", and perform operations on data by using verbs like take, search, look up, etc. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_(text_editor) [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction