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by jessep 2904 days ago
If you haven't clicked through to read the above commit message, please do. It is amazing. This is a glimpse into the mind of a mad scientist (and I respect and love mad scientists more than anything and aspire to be one)
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> It is a tragedy, but I cannot imagine a language better than Spiral. Not within real world constraints facing me. A language better than it would pretty much have to be magic.

> So, in this respect, my programming skill has reached it's limit and the most I will be able to do is refine it.

> And it is embarrassing to me because I want to do better. I am ashamed, but the one to come will have to follow up on what I could not manage with my meager human abilities.

This reminds me of the fictional inspirational process of dwarves in the Drizzt Do'Urden series of books [0] by R. A. Salvatore [1]. In that setting a dwarf craftsman gets only one moment of exceptional divine inspiration in his life to forge a legendary artifact. It is both a blessing and curse for them, because they realize that they will never be able to surpass that work for the remainder of their long lives.

I wonder if other people here have had that moment in their life as well?

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Icewind_Dale_Trilogy

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._A._Salvatore

The dwarves should be thankful. Many people would have this moment and not realize it has passed them by.
https://github.com/mrakgr/The-Spiral-Language/commit/1dee010...

That one is really in the "mad scientist" mindset. I love it, I wish him and this project good luck.