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What do you think of TempleOS? Is it a good environment to learn programming? Or is it just an example that should be viewed as a novelty in the modern era?

>>26469 >Is it a good environment to learn programming Yes, this is what its original intent was. It has no connection to the internet (read: no distractions) >novelty in the modern era It can be viewed as this, too. But it isn't considered "modern" by a lot of people's standards. >What do you think of TempleOS? I think TempleOS is an impressive project done by one guy. More specifically, by a guy who society would normally deem dysfunctional. It was built originally to learn programming in the same way that many people did in the era of the C64. As for normal usage.... I don't think it fits for the average person. In fact, the average person can get by with just a browser and some type of video game launcher. This would offer none of that. Maybe even the average Lainon, this wouldn't work out for them. But for learning about operating systems, programming, and the holy word of God via rng: This is the operating system to use.

It´s a meme, nothing else. Explore it a bit, have fun with the silly oracle, and forget. Nothing of relevance there other than being amused it was done by one person

>>26469 I absolutely adore the idea of a simple OS that's intended for programming where that is a natural part of the experience as it used to be in the days of BASIC as quasi-OS. What killed it for me though was the fact that it wasn't made for any actual hardware, just emulators. Making something like it for ubiquitous hardware like a Raspberry Pi would be a great thing for computing as a whole. You could even package it up nicely as a quasi-notebook for even easier access. I'd also prefer using an established language than rolling your own like Terry did. Established language means anything that's learnt has actual uses outside of the OS. I'd personally go with Forth, since it's easy to play with due to its pyramid-like structure. Another option would be C, it's quite small so can be learnt easily (though mastery is hard), but is much more verbose.

>>26469 I wish Terry was still alive. If only he had some kind of benefactor to provide him with basic needs and a place for him to work. Maybe we could've paid him to help us with projects.

>>26469 People keep missing the point of the OS, for whatever reason when people hear about an OS being made now they assume it *has* to compete with Windows, macOS, Linux, etc. but that clearly wasn't his goal. He's even said this multiple times, like >>26479 mentioned it's a C64 type environment Is it useless? The same way music is useless, I guess

You can edit source code of anything what's on screen, there's hypertext and 3D sprites embedded right into command line, and whole system has one interpreted programming language, it's really great technology and human-interface-wise. The games are lame though, if Terry didn't spend time making them, we'd have something more of the system itself.