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Every time I read something by Justine Tunney, I am continually reminded of my mediocrity. I once reached out to them personally to tell them I hope I can be l

Every time I read something by Justine Tunney, I am continually reminded of my mediocrity. I once reached out to them personally to tell them I hope I can be like them when I grow up ;^) On a serious note, this is one of the coolest things I've ever seen. The person mentioned that helped them go from 700 -> 500 bytes, the said "Assembly Heisenberg" appears to be entirely obscure on GH too. Seems like the right set of eyes just happened to find their way to the project at the right time: https://github.com/agreppin https://github.com/agreppin I wish I was born like this.

pmarreck 5y ago
I was already impressed by this person's work when I read about APE (Actually Portable Executable)... Something that should really be a thing IMHO
john-tells-all 5y ago
Agreed, Jart's work is jaw-droppingly incredible, on the order of Fabrice Bellard's achievements. However, I don't see "I wish I was born like this" -- their works encourages me to think and do lots of crazy shit. My previous limitations were just a lack of imagination and creativity. SectorLISP also encourages the "do anything" viewpoint. The original version was published even though way larger than a sector. Other people contributed, sometimes only by publishing a related project (SectorFORTH). By having an idea and publishing something Justine created something unique. Lastly the above page shows the "run program and watch its memory in realtime" technique, which is incredible in itself. The tool is called Blinkenlights https://justine.lol/blinkenlights/ https://justine.lol/blinkenlights/
- jart 5y ago
  It's a nice story about how sometimes the best way to ultimately succeed is to not be afraid to admit when something was tried and failed. By publishing SectorLISP in an unfinished state, I attracted a lot of smart people to the problem. Now that it's complete we can look back and say we did it.

pmarreck 5y ago

I was already impressed by this person's work when I read about APE (Actually Portable Executable)... Something that should really be a thing IMHO

john-tells-all 5y ago

Agreed, Jart's work is jaw-droppingly incredible, on the order of Fabrice Bellard's achievements. However, I don't see "I wish I was born like this" -- their works encourages me to think and do lots of crazy shit. My previous limitations were just a lack of imagination and creativity. SectorLISP also encourages the "do anything" viewpoint. The original version was published even though way larger than a sector. Other people contributed, sometimes only by publishing a related project (SectorFORTH). By having an idea and publishing something Justine created something unique. Lastly the above page shows the "run program and watch its memory in realtime" technique, which is incredible in itself. The tool is called Blinkenlights https://justine.lol/blinkenlights/ https://justine.lol/blinkenlights/

jart 5y ago
It's a nice story about how sometimes the best way to ultimately succeed is to not be afraid to admit when something was tried and failed. By publishing SectorLISP in an unfinished state, I attracted a lot of smart people to the problem. Now that it's complete we can look back and say we did it.