Mastodawn

this language is batteries-included (the batteries expired in 2001)

remember to take the batteries out of your programming languages before putting them in long term storage

@joe Now you tell me. I opened up NewtonScript and discovered it was full of soup.

@joe I wish you'd told me sooner. I now have a case that blew up and caused a broken switch.

@joe Python still has random junk like difflib. By ESR of all people!

@pervognsen @joe tbf I used difflib a lot until very recently when I joined a ruby team

@pervognsen @joe that's what they call owning the libs

@pervognsen one decade's "batteries included language" is the next decade's "language with permanent electrolyte damage"

@joe Programming in 2026: SMR(s) included.

@joe i replaced the old batteries in Snobol but had to reuse them in my language so no it has a command for punching cards.