Update: Repository is here! Original post: Dialog doesn’t seem to be under active development any longer, but it is open-source, and I’m tentatively poking through the compiler code to try to get a sense of how it works. It is unfortunately very sparsely-commented, but I’m trying to gauge which cha…

Meanwhile, I am trying so hard not to propose any more changes until 1b/01 is out the door. I have a new piece of syntax I want in my current Dialog projects, and a way to enhance the Å-machine’s text encoding… But no. One thing at a time. New syntax in 1c/01.

I missed the TALJ deadline, but I’m sticking to my promise to not introduce any new features until 1b/01 is out the door. I’ve pinged some people to look at the last few pull requests, and if those meet with approval, you can expect 1b/01 to launch this upcoming week!

I’ve forked this off into its own repository . The main repo now links it as an example in the chapter on modifying the standard library.

I think everything is now in place for the release of 1b/01 / 1.1.1! If anyone objects to this, speak now (like in the next 24h or so) or forever hold your peace! (Also Å-machine 1.0.0.)

…which reminds me, the library version should be bumped to 1.2.0, because it now uses a feature introduced in 1b/01. It checks (transcript active) to print an appropriate message when you > SCRIPT ON or > *COMMENT. This is why waiting a day is a good idea! (The idea, as I understand it, is that you…

So, what’s next on the roadmap? Not a ton; most of the features on the agenda are in 1b/01. But these are the issues I’m currently hoping to tackle in the next month or two. My top priority is a new feature that I’ve been longing for since Miss Gosling , and I’ll elaborate on it in another post. I’v…

So, what’s this new feature I want? Well, imagine some code like this. (give the tutorial) (div @tutorial) { Useful actions might include: (line) (exhaust) { *(useful action) (line) } } (useful action) (current room $Room) *($Obj is #in $Room) (item $Obj) TAKE something from the ground (…

if someone is willing to plumb the depths of the 6502 interpreter can i again throw this bug in the ring? [image] Problem with A-Machine C64 Interpreter eye_in_speech_bubbleDialog this is an obscure issue (i’m may the only one on the planet right now compiling…

I’ll put it on the issue list for the Å-machine repository, but my ability to debug uncommented 6502 assembly is unfortunately very very low. So while I’d love to see it fixed, it will probably not be done by me!

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Draconis (Daniel Stelzer) May 6, 2026, 6:06pm 539

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