#Programming

It’s Halloween, programming is an art form and there’s a darker side to it. Come with me in this fun video as I explore several languages that hate you and are trying to make your life difficult, before we go off down the rabbit hole and find some truly horrific examples of real programming.

Let’s look at FORTH, the obscure stack based programming language that nobody seems to use. Or do they?

Just how did 8 bit computers like the ZX Spectrum or BBC Micro manage to cram an entire programming language into their tiny systems, and still have space for the user’s programs?

How did the 1880 US Census and the end of World War 2 lead to the invention of the computer? What was it that kickstarted the Information Age? Come with me as we find out how the need to count everyone in 1800s America directly lead to the modern information age and all the technology we take for granted.

Understand the concept of tiling a plane by arranging regular tiles in a systematic manner, creating visually pleasing patterns. Additionally, get introduced to Wang tiles, a fascinating method that employs specific rules for tile placement, resulting in captivating, non-repetitive designs.

Picture the modern world, but without Windows, PCs or Apple. What would be on your desk?

I’m starting a graphics based project, and decided to use SDL2 in Windows. This meant setting up a development environment. Here’s some notes on how I set up MSYS2, VS Code and LibSDL2.

Let’s look at one of the world’s first mobile phones – the Motorola 8500x – released in the mid 1980s for £3,000. That’s over £7,000 today!

What do you do when you’re trying to debug code, but your debugging isn’t working, and you need to debug your debugger?

How to set up Z88DK to develop C programs for the ZX Spectrum Next in about 20 minutes