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Exactly the same here. Stole my fathers Psion 3a and wrote a lottery number picker in OPL. IIRC, it even had pretty great syntax to easily draw the various defa
by giobox 3y ago
Exactly the same here. Stole my fathers Psion 3a and wrote a lottery number picker in OPL. IIRC, it even had pretty great syntax to easily draw the various default OS UI elements.
The ability to write the application and then run it on the same mobile device was such a rewarding feedback loop as a kid. There were some pretty good books on OPL in the 90s too.
The standard of the third party gaming ecosystem for the OS (EPOC) was shockingly good for the time as well really, there was an amazing golf game, also written in OPL. That Steve Litchfield name I remember a lot from the era, he was extremely active developing OPL software:
> https://stevelitchfield.com/fairway.htm https://stevelitchfield.com/fairway.htm