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Hammurabi (which as mentioned in another comment seems to be a later rewrite of this) was very popular in schools in the 1980s. As was "Lemonade Stand", which a
by jhbadger 2y ago
Hammurabi (which as mentioned in another comment seems to be a later rewrite of this) was very popular in schools in the 1980s. As was "Lemonade Stand", which at first glance seems to have nothing to do with Hammurabi, but the style of the game (player enters a set of numbers reflecting various decisions to be made in the turn) and the computer returns the results (how much wheat harvested, how many cups of lemonade sold) according to its calculations, is very similar.
- egypturnash 2y agoThe second half of the article deals with the evolution from a 1964 mainframe game to a simplified version that fit into 4k of FOCAL on a PDP-8, and then to the BASIC version found in David Ahl's well-known "BASIC Computer Games" books under the name "Hamurabi" (with one M).
- Bluestein 2y ago> FOCAL Sounds like an interesting language.-