Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by wtbob » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 5:27 AM UTC

Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)
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Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by osswid » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 6:40 AM UTC

Did something change recently with the HN ranking algorithm?

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by nefitty » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 6:41 AM UTC

Well, that name probably didn't help much either.

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by stuaxo » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 6:47 AM UTC

I wonder if the author would release it to free software ?

I'm sure the archive.org people would have a runnable version, and it could be distributed as a freedos package.

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by x5n1 » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 6:59 AM UTC

borf? barf? can't think of many words ending in rf. bark?

    Barf
    Corf
    Curf
    Kerf
    Serf
    Surf
    Turf
    Zarf

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by TeMPOraL » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 7:07 AM UTC

x5n1 wrote: post #5

borf? barf? can't think of many words ending in rf. bark? Barf Corf Curf Kerf Serf Surf Turf Zarf

- "Please provide this gentleman with an example, Mr. Worf."

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 7:14 AM UTC

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Post by eru » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 7:15 AM UTC

x5n1 wrote: post #5

borf? barf? can't think of many words ending in rf. bark? Barf Corf Curf Kerf Serf Surf Turf Zarf

Maulwurf.

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by dang » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 7:16 AM UTC

osswid wrote: post #2

Did something change recently with the HN ranking algorithm?

No. Why do you ask?

Re: Forgotten Language: Jorf could have been Python or Ruby (2005)

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Oct 13, 2015, 7:39 AM UTC

TeMPOraL wrote: post #6

x5n1 wrote: post #5

borf? barf? can't think of many words ending in rf. bark? Barf Corf Curf Kerf Serf Surf Turf Zarf

- "Please provide this gentleman with an example, Mr. Worf."

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