This is from 2012.
He's wrong of course about being the only user.
I love this software, along with k/q. I admire the work Mr. Shields has put into this project. I especially like the use of musl and provision of static binaries.
I do not use Perl, Java, Python, Javascript, Go, Rust, Closure, etc., etc. Whatever the majority of people are recommending, that is generally not what I use. It just does not appeal to me.
I guess I am stubborn and stupid: I like assembly languages, SPITBOL, k/q, and stuff written by djb. Keep it terse. Ignore the critics.
Yet this is now on the front page of HN. Maybe because it is the weekend? I really doubt that the software I like with ever become popular. But who knows? Maybe 10 years from now I will look at this post and marvel at how things turned out.
There is no "structured programming" with spitbol. No curly braces. Gotos get the job done. Personally, I do not mind gotos. It feels closer to the reality of how a computer operates.
Would be nice if spitbol was ported to BSD in additon to Linux and OSX. As with k/q I settle for Linux emulation under BSD.
He's wrong of course about being the only user.
I love this software, along with k/q. I admire the work Mr. Shields has put into this project. I especially like the use of musl and provision of static binaries.
I do not use Perl, Java, Python, Javascript, Go, Rust, Closure, etc., etc. Whatever the majority of people are recommending, that is generally not what I use. It just does not appeal to me.
I guess I am stubborn and stupid: I like assembly languages, SPITBOL, k/q, and stuff written by djb. Keep it terse. Ignore the critics.
Yet this is now on the front page of HN. Maybe because it is the weekend? I really doubt that the software I like with ever become popular. But who knows? Maybe 10 years from now I will look at this post and marvel at how things turned out.
There is no "structured programming" with spitbol. No curly braces. Gotos get the job done. Personally, I do not mind gotos. It feels closer to the reality of how a computer operates.
Would be nice if spitbol was ported to BSD in additon to Linux and OSX. As with k/q I settle for Linux emulation under BSD.