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non-brits may wish to refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
by 082349872349872 3y ago
non-brits may wish to refer to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent_(game)
- nickt 3y ago> A "type-in" computer version of the game for the BBC Micro was included in the April 1985 edition of The Micro User. Excellent.
- vulcan01 3y agoThere is an esoteric programming language inspired by this: https://esolangs.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent https://esolangs.org/wiki/Mornington_Crescent (It can sometimes be seen at codegolf.stackexchange.com)
- KineticLensman 3y agoI've been teaching myself Rust by writing a Lisp interpreter (I've successfully achieved recursive function calls) but I may have to put this on pause and write an interpreter for Mornington Crescent, in Rust, and then see if I can use that to build a Lisp interpreter. I may skip Tail Call Optimisation, though.
- 0xDEADFED5 3y agothat's okay, i think Rust skipped that part, too
- Taniwha 3y agoAlso available here under c:games https://xkcd.com/1975/ https://xkcd.com/1975/
- Tijdreiziger 3y agoAh, so it’s a bit like the traditional Dutch game stiften: https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZBHkJFcYII?t=394 https://youtube.com/watch?v=hZBHkJFcYII?t=394
- graemep 3y agoTelling people defeats the purpose of it.
- chippiewill 3y agoThat's Numberwang!
- amiga386 3y agoIt's like a cross between Double Fanucci and Go Johnny Go Go Go Go (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtSvaSZ-xLU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtSvaSZ-xLU), if you're familiar with those games.