Oh wow, Zoltan was one of my lecturers at UniMelb, and in one semester we were tasked with learning his Mercury language. So good to see it thriving still.
ororroro [3 hidden]5 mins ago
There are files in this repository that were last touched 32 years ago. Any reason to be posting it now?
epgui [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Why is that relevant or noteworthy? There are files that were updated recently too.
ororroro [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Why the aggression? This language while cool has existed for decades and never taken off. I just wanted a reason to believe it relevant so I could have an excuse to take another look.
hackyhacky [3 hidden]5 mins ago
Why do you think "oldest untouched file" is a good metric for relevance? Do you know what is the oldest untouched file in gcc or Python?
thechao [3 hidden]5 mins ago
The closest that I could find to a "what the fuck is this?" page is:
HN.zip
https://www.mercurylang.org/about.html