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A comment on The Dwarven Computer - A programmable computer built in Dwarf Fortress.

Re:The Dwarven Computer - A programmable computer built in D... by sasmith on Thursday April 15, 2010 @05:29PM (#1269002)
Presumably the next step is to write Dwarf Fortress for this.
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Re:The Dwarven Computer - A programmable computer built in D... by mustpax on Thursday April 15, 2010 @11:31PM (#1269662)
My first CS course in college was Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. It was quite a thrill when we finally got our hand-written Scheme interpreter to run itself and give us a REPL prompt. Turtles all the way down.
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Re:The Dwarven Computer - A programmable computer built in D... by thwarted on Thursday April 15, 2010 @11:30PM (#1269660)
Imagine a Beowulf cluster of these (I know, there were no dwarves in Beowulf, but it's still mythical).
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