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iniquitybbs / iniquity

A re-imagining of the iconic BBS software.
http://iniquitybbs.com
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Create the iniquity runtime environment (Docker). #10

Closed ispyhumanfly closed 4 years ago

ispyhumanfly commented 4 years ago

What is this?

It's hard to explain at this point. But it's a container running Ubuntu with Synchronet installed and running, coupled with a TypeScript compiled and NodeJS environment. It will allow for the creation of the new IPL (Iniquity Programming Language), or some variation, perhaps IQF? (Framework).

This part is't clear but what is clear is that leveraging the strengths of the hardworking developers and modders over at Synchronet BBS team and community would be a mistake to me. So much integration done, so much testing on both telnet and web, and the fact that we could use front-end languages like TypeScript to actually author your BBS in seems a more modern approach to BBS development.

Or maybe, all of this is to better learn what is needed to create a different kind of runtime. For now, this is the direction.

ispyhumanfly commented 4 years ago

This is currently resolved. Right now there is a working prototype in master branch.