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Re:The Å-Machine by Accujack on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @11:47AM (#20996602)
I like this explanation of what it is:

"In a sense, the Å-machine is to Dialog what Glulx is to Inform 7. "

It reminds me of Alan Perlis' quote:

“Learning French is trivial: the word for horse is cheval, and everything else follows in the same way.”

Re:The Å-Machine by wyldfire on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:22PM (#20997016)
It's really comical: I paused and had a chuckle when I read this sentence too.

But to everyone else who wonders: this is an interactive fiction component/library. Like classics from infocom (Zork et al), but modern.

I tried briefly playing the author's game, "Tethered" [1] but gave up quickly because after sacrificing Judith I couldn't figure out how to summon any light or move anywhere. Supposedly I'm 'working' this morning... ;)

[1] http://www.linusakesson.net/games/tethered/tethered-aa/play....

Re:The Å-Machine by thanatropism on Tuesday September 17, 2019 @12:03PM (#20996802)
Or the classic "monads are just monoids on the category of endofunctors".