Of course TempleOS has little practical value; even Terry would admit that. However, it is inspirational on a number of levels: It's the preservation and exten

Of course TempleOS has little practical value; even Terry would admit that. However, it is inspirational on a number of levels: It's the preservation and extension of an archaic, dying style of computing: the single-user, programming-oriented, low-level and transparently-abstracted environment once common amongst micros. It's going against the grain and doing something different in a time when (for very good practical reason) popular environments are approaching monoculture. It's a tremendous achievement for a single person. It's proof that not only can people create amazing things in spite of mental illnesses, but also because of them. It's sad that even on Hacker News, there are people that can't accept that programs themselves can be art (more than simply the "engine" behind a work of art).