David StarkJun 7
Drew DeVault
This is one of the most impressive #IOCCC entries I've ever seen:

https://www.ioccc.org/2025/cable/index.html

Hoooooly shit
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Show threadIrenes (many)Jun 7
@drew oh wow yeah that is pretty cool
Show threadpatrislav ♾️ #RIPNatenomJun 7
@drew offtopic: how is the banner done? looks way more sophisticated than regular ASCII art!
Show threadDrew DeVaultJun 7
@patrislav it presumably draws directly to the framebuffer
Show threadLiberté/Egalité/CLT Jun 7
@drew @patrislav whaaat, I thought all the memory protection dark magic made that impossible 😮
Show threadpatrislav ♾️ #RIPNatenomJun 7
@drew turns out it uses sixels! (but still draws them to the framebuffer o/c)
Show threadDiana Probst, Cambridge ArtistJun 7
@drew what the actual everything?
This is just magic. Indistinguishable from technology.
Show threadJohn McLearJun 7
@dianaprobst @drew in the entry they talk about the dep required.
Show threadIvor HewittJun 7
@drew omg 😱
Show threadTechokamiJun 7
@drew this is nuts! Trying to understand how the OISC implementation worked in terms of equivalent instructions made my head hurty 
Show threadPhil Ashby  🍵Jun 7

@drew That's a *loooot* of work on tooling to squeeze something magical through the eye of the needle... however, I am now nerd sniped into the history of Subleq machines!

I rekon @neauoire will be amused (apologies if I'm link spamming Devine 🙏)

Show threadΈλλεν Εμίλια Ά. Arson ζ.Jun 7

@phlash @drew @neauoire > Subleq

that's genuinely incredible.

Show threadSlash909ukJun 7

@drew this feels like making modern code run on one of those Turing tape and hole punch machines 🤪

I love that the purpose is preservation of software 👏👏 - at least open source software.

What to do about closed source software though?

Show threadAttie GrandeJun 7
@drew "To save the reader a few moments, the author already did all the above so you can just enjoy." 🫣😂
Show threadsntxJun 7
@drew What's happening?
Show threadHayley 🦊Jun 7
@drew that is so cool. I kinda want to try to design a simple subleq computer now.