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Stories by Rochus

When Suno covers my song (very useful) – a study with variations (rochus-keller.ch)
HN 71 pts 8 comments by Rochus May 8, 2025 thread
New Oberon+ to C99 transpiler for near native performance (github.com)
L 27 pts 0 comments by Rochus Dec 17, 2021 ccompilersprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
An IDE for the Oberon+ programming language using Mono/CLI instead of LuaJIT (github.com)
L 24 pts 1 comments by Rochus Oct 10, 2021 c++compilersdotnetprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
I proudly present the CLI/Mono version of the Oberon+ IDE as an alternative (and replacement in medium term) of the LuaJIT based IDE and toolchain. Mono is a great technology and very well suited as an Oberon+ runtime environment. In contrast to LuaJIT it supports static typing on bytecode level ...
The Xerox PARC Archive (info.computerhistory.org)
L 15 pts 3 comments by Rochus May 11, 2023 historical Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
"This archive is a collection of source code and digital text documents, image files, and other files from Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). This came from the same IFS backup file repositories that the earlier 2013 release of the Xerox Alto source code archive came from, and is a superset of ...
Reusing C libraries: The Oberon+ cross-platform FFI language (github.com)
L 15 pts 2 comments by Rochus Dec 31, 2021 ccompilersrelease Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
LeanQt - official release of the core and xml modules (github.com)
L 14 pts 13 comments by Rochus Oct 7, 2022 c++release Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
CrossLine is a desktop Outliner in the tradition of Ecco Pro supporting cross-links and transclusion (github.com)
L 13 pts 8 comments by Rochus May 5, 2023 linuxmacreleasewindows Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOS thread
After 14 years of development and continuous operation it's time for version 1.0 ;-) There are pre-compiled executables for Windows, Linux and MacOS, 32 and 64 bits.
LeanQt - a stripped-down Qt version easy to build from source and to integrate with an application (github.com)
L 11 pts 2 comments by Rochus Sep 23, 2022 c++ Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Oberon+ exception handling and other new language features (github.com)
L 11 pts 7 comments by Rochus May 20, 2022 compilersprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS Theory thread
C90 SDK to build cross-platform desktop applications (nappgui.com)
L 11 pts 0 comments by Rochus Jan 3, 2022 apicprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General) thread
Show HN: A new Bluebook implementation of the Smalltalk-80 VM (github.com)
HN 11 pts 0 comments by Rochus Dec 14, 2024 thread
LeanQt: Widgets are ready - in time for the holidays (github.com)
L 10 pts 20 comments by Rochus Dec 16, 2022 c++release Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
LeanQt - now with cross-platform windows and 2d graphics - on the way to the widgets (github.com)
L 9 pts 8 comments by Rochus Nov 11, 2022 c++release Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Why Rust solves a Problem we no longer have – use AI and Formal Proofs instead (rochuskeller.substack.com)
HN 8 pts 7 comments by Rochus Jan 13, 2026 AI / Machine LearningSystems / Low-Level / OS thread
Now we know which CS publication used the term "object-oriented" for the first time (news.ycombinator.com)
L 6 pts 24 comments by Rochus Jul 26, 2023 historicalprogramming Programming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
And it's not what most of us would have expected. The posted link references the conclusion, but I invite people to study the comments as well. Here are the links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36826762 and https://old.reddit.com/r/ProgrammingLanguages/comments/156ng13/which_cs_publication...
A parser and browser for the recently published Lisa Source Code (Pascal & Clascal) (github.com)
L 6 pts 2 comments by Rochus Jan 31, 2023 educationhistoricalprogrammingrelease Web DevelopmentProgramming (General)Culture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Christian Schafmeister talk - brief update about his "molecular lego" supported by his Lisp compiler (youtube.com)
L 6 pts 1 comments by Rochus Nov 1, 2022 lispvideo Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming Languages / CS Theory thread
BUSY - a lean, statically typed, cross-platform build system for GCC, CLANG and MSVC (github.com)
L 6 pts 0 comments by Rochus Aug 12, 2022 cc++compilersdevopsprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryData / Databases / Infrastructure thread
Apple Lisa Pascal sources (pascal.hansotten.com)
HN 6 pts 7 comments by Rochus Apr 28, 2025 Apple / macOS / iOS thread
New Oberon+ binding for the NAppGUI lean cross-platform OS abstraction and GUI library (github.com)
L 5 pts 0 comments by Rochus Jan 21, 2022 ccompilersdotnetgraphicsprogramming Systems / Low-Level / OSProgramming (General)Programming Languages / CS TheoryCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Apple Lisa Emulator Project (lisa.sunder.net)
L 4 pts 1 comments by Rochus Jan 20, 2023 historicalmacosdevvirtualization Systems / Low-Level / OSApple / macOS / iOSGaming / Retro ComputingCulture / Philosophy / History / Reading thread
Adafruit Fruit Jam – A RP2350 mini computer running classic Macintosh (cnx-software.com)
HN 4 pts 0 comments by Rochus Aug 28, 2025 thread
LeanQt - Network and Concurrent module release, planned feature set reached (github.com)
L 3 pts 0 comments by Rochus Oct 21, 2022 c++release Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
The truth about original Oberon compiler performance: A reality check (github.com)
HN 3 pts 0 comments by Rochus Jul 27, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Show HN: A modern browser for the historic Interlisp-D source code (github.com)
HN 3 pts 0 comments by Rochus Dec 31, 2024 Web Development thread
A nice little RISC-V ESP32-P4 board with USB, HDMI and Ethernet (cnx-software.com)
HN 2 pts 0 comments by Rochus Feb 18, 2026 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Why Your Favorite Oberon Compiler Performance Quote Is Probably Misleading (github.com)
HN 2 pts 0 comments by Rochus Jul 26, 2025 Systems / Low-Level / OS thread
Show HN: Herald: desktop PIM with email, calendar, outliner and full-text search (github.com)
HN 2 pts 0 comments by Rochus Mar 22, 2025 thread
When Suno covers my song – a study with variations (rochus-keller.ch)
HN 1 pts 0 comments by Rochus May 8, 2025 thread