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Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stoc... by benstopics on Saturday February 14, 2026 @05:15AM (#47013325)
I did exactly that originally. But here is the reality. Michael only knows BASIC and he has felt the agency to continue patching and working on the code, adding features even, since it is still BASIC. When others tried to port it to C++ be felt like he had no agency and wasn't motivated to help. So while he's still motivated to work on it, it needs to stay in a language he can work with. And thanks for wishlisting!!!
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Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stoc... by mlrtime on Saturday February 14, 2026 @08:08AM (#47014258)
Great reasoning, can't argue with that. Let him continue to work on his creation while he can.

Is the whole thing going to be open sourced? I feel if enough people had access it could be ported to any language with today's tools and people.

Is it possible to write a black box regression test framework?

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Re:Show HN: I spent 3 years reverse-engineering a 40 yo stoc... by Nextgrid on Saturday February 14, 2026 @09:37AM (#47014847)
> Is the whole thing going to be open sourced?

It seems to be a one-of-a-kind simulation product that could be used as part of actual financial/trading training. There's insane value here, giving the source code away for free is absolutely not a good strategy.

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