Infocom? The database people? They did games once?!
I've uploaded the entirety of source code of all Infocom text adventures/interactive fiction to Github. https://github.com/historicalsource?tab=repositories … If you don't understand ZIL, and you probably don't, read this instruction manual. https://archive.org/details/Learning_ZIL_Steven_Eric_Meretzky_1995 …
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[ exits Visual Cornerstone 2019 for Concurrent Prolog Transputer Clusters, pulls up Firegopher to see what all the fuss is about ]
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Outstanding! "Another routine day of drudgery aboard the Stellar Patrol Ship Feinstein."
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Oh My God
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"The crater seems rather new, as if it had been created by the impact of something huge and confused, travelling downwards at high velocity. It is as if a sperm whale had inexplicably materialized several miles above the surface of Magrathea and immediately plunged downwards,
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reaching terminal velocity almost immediately, terminal incomprehension soon afterwards, and, finally, terminal impact just as it was wondering whether it was going to have a nice day. This impression is heightened by the shards of whalebone and meat you can see glistening here.
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You are my hero, Jason! Thanks for finally accomplishing this!
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Okay, I've heard MDL described as "a particular unhelpful variant of Lisp", and now I've seen it with my own eyes. Yup, Inform looks vastly saner than that. OMG.
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By the way, I notice the licensing is ... very vague. Can you clue us in to the extent of it?
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There is no license. It’s copyright whoever owns Infocom’s bones these days.
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