Vaporware Warning

Published at: 05:09 pm - Saturday September 27 2008

I feel obligated to remind my readers that the Loper repository does not yet contain a working operating system. (Unless you count a boot loader which performs basic x86-64 hardware initializations and prints “Hello World” as one.)

Posted in: LoperOS, Progress, Unhappy by Stanislav 2 Comments

Programming as Play

Published at: 04:01 pm - Saturday January 12 2008

Many of us have not forgotten the joy of playing with toys which let your mind run free: Lego blocks, Erector, etc. On the other hand, it appears that the larval programmers of today are skipping the stage of development involving the digital equivalents of such toys. Specifically I am talking about Logo, BASIC, and [...]

Posted in: Hot Air, Philosophy, Unhappy by Stanislav 6 Comments