From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: f4fd2,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gidf4fd2,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,3727232787ce671e X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-05-16 15:19:39 PST Path: archiver1.sj.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!paloalto-snf1.gtei.net!chcgil2-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!209.98.98.65.MISMATCH!hermes2.visi.com!news-out.visi.com!ruti.visi.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Universities in the US References: <9drfcr$du11@news-dxb> <9drk4t$hjk$1@news3.cadvision.com> From: thornley@visi.com (David Thornley) Message-ID: <_1DM6.1129$Dd5.724989@ruti.visi.com> Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 22:19:38 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 209.98.98.8 X-Complaints-To: abuse@visi.com X-Trace: ruti.visi.com 990051578 209.98.98.8 (Wed, 16 May 2001 17:19:38 CDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 16 May 2001 17:19:38 CDT Xref: archiver1.sj.google.com comp.lang.ada:7594 comp.lang.lisp:10183 Date: 2001-05-16T22:19:38+00:00 List-Id: In article <9drk4t$hjk$1@news3.cadvision.com>, Wade Humeniuk wrote: > >Lisp has just come, it has not gone yet. Name a language that has gone. > ZIL, or Zork Implementation (?) Language, a Lisp-like language developed by Infocom to write text adventures. It may be gone forever, although one text adventure fan has reported a possible lead recently. (It was capable of being used as a general purpose programming language, although there were always much better choices. The Z-code it produced has been reverse-engineered and there is a C-like language called Inform that compiles to it now, with which dozens of people write new text adventures. The language may be gone, but the tradition lives on.) -- David H. Thornley | If you want my opinion, ask. david@thornley.net | If you don't, flee. http://www.thornley.net/~thornley/david/ | O-