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BLISS: A System Programming Language Developed at Carnegie Mellon University (1970)

For other uses, see Bliss.

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en.wikipedia.org·Hacker News: Front Page·5d ago·10 min read

Robert J. Sawyer on Why WordStar Remains the Ultimate Writer's Word Processor

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sfwriter.com20d ago

Lotus Notes: A cautionary tale about innovation and the pitfalls of building from scratch

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buttondown.com26d ago

How 1600s Spanish Traders and Horse Arses Shaped GnuCash's Database Design

How Spanish traders in the 1600s influenced GnuCash's database design, and why this seemingly outdated approach still works brilliantly today.

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handson.money1mo ago

C++ Documentary Premieres on YouTube, Chronicles 40-Year History of the Programming Language

C++: The Documentary premiered today on YouTube, and it was great to be on the live chat with Bjarne and many other key folks who participated in C++’s history. I’m honored to have been…

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herbsutter.com·Hacker News: Front Page·1mo ago·3 min read

ReactOS Celebrates 30 Years of Open-Source Windows Reimplementation

ReactOS is a free, opensource reimplementation of windows

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reactos.org·Hacker News: Front Page·2mo ago·3 min read

PipeDream on the Acorn Archimedes: A Retrospective on a Defiant Productivity Suite

A productivity suite that willfully rejects common notions on how such software should behave, on an operating system most haven't heard of, running on a processor 30 years ahead of its time.

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stonetools.ghost.io·Hacker News: Front Page·2mo ago·54 min read

The Tab key dispute: How organizational culture clashed between Microsoft and IBM during OS/2 development

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The Old New Thing2mo ago

A veteran developer asks: What did VB6 get right that modern .NET developers miss?

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EvilGeniusLabs.ca2mo ago

Why WinForms' 1987-era form designer still dominates line-of-business development in 2026

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EvilGeniusLabs.ca2mo ago

Paterson-Listings: Transcribed Source Code from Tim Paterson's Original DOS Printouts

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GitHub2mo ago

The Legacy of Ada: How a DoD Programming Language Shaped Modern Software Development

Essay · Software & Ideas

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iqiipi.com3mo ago

How Microsoft Licensed Weezer's "Buddy Holly" Video for Windows 95 CD-ROM

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devblogs.microsoft.com5mo ago

Bill Gates' 1976 "Open Letter to Hobbyists" and the Origins of Software Copyright Debate

"Open Letter to Hobbyists," sparked a decade-long conflict between proprietary software interests and the burgeoning hacker community, ultimately paving the way for the modern open source movement.

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thenewstack.io·Hacker News: Front Page·5mo ago·11 min read