Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still be using in 2017?

Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still b... by dmcginty on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @12:19PM (#13310777)

I really want to write something in 6502 assembly this year. I've read tutorials and played with it, but I've never used it to build a non-trivial program. I've also been wanting to build a NES emulator in common lisp, and this would be the perfect opportunity to pair the two projects.

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Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still b... by paulrpotts on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:03PM (#13311258)

Have you seen the game called Human Resource Machine?

This is not actually a joke comment -- it teaches assembly language programming. Not 6502 specifically, but the fake architecture looks a lot like 6502. You work up through a set of more and more challenging assignments until you have to write a sort. I really enjoyed it and would consider it a great introduction to basically any assembly language.

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Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still b... by crystalPalace on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @01:26PM (#13311538)

I had never heard of Human Resource Machine but that reminded me of TIS-1000 which I highly recommend.

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Re:Ask HN: What “old” programming languages will you still b... by dmcginty on Tuesday January 03, 2017 @02:58PM (#13312474)

Thanks for the recommendation; I just purchased it. As another commenter said, TIS-100 is also a great game about an assembly language for a fictional computer that I'd highly recommend. I had a lot of fun playing with MIPS assembly in college, and I'd really like to do it again.

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