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by mgsouth 618 days ago
We've been there, done that. CRUD apps on mainframes and minis had incredibly powerful and productive languages and frameworks (Quick, Quiz, QTP: you're remembered and missed.) Problem is, they were TUI (terminal UI), isolated, and extremely focused; i.e. limited. They functioned, but would be like straight-jackets to modern users.

(Speaking of... has anyone done a 80x24 TUI client for HN? That would be interesting to play with.)

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> has anyone done a 80x24 TUI client for HN

lynx still exists

Works a treat :)