Anyone knew about this one? I've been searching and found nothing...

https://archive.org/details/grasshopper-6502

Looks interesting - maybe the OSI fans might know something more (as it looks like it targetted that system at the time in 1981)

Shame no source code, but it looks like it might be possible to create it using a good macro assembler if someone felt the need.

A tiny bit of "internet stalking" finds her on the genealogy sites and Instagram though so she may be contactable if you felt the need...

-Gordon

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An interesting find! I notice she does, during the course of development, reimplement two utilities in the new language. That's a good sign. It is low level though - perhaps best thought of as a structured assembler, as it stands, although I say that after only very lightly skimming.

As an MSc dissertation, it shows that a motivated person can design and implement a low level language like this in a reasonable time. Ideally, they'd tackle at least two: one to learn on and a second one to make use of what's been learnt.

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