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Wikiplia
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Wikiplia was an attempt of Tom Murphy VII (tom7) to create "The Free Programming Language That Anyone Can Edit". While created as a joke for the SIGBOVIK 2007 conference, it was really implemented, but unfortunately the wiki it used is now dead. However, documentation and the source code remains.
Wikiplia has a small core language and interpreter, including a simple S-expression parser, a functional core language evaluator, a version-controlled file storage, and a bare web interface. On top of this was built a simple compiler to the core language, and a web-based user interface.
External resources
- Paper about Wikiplia (PDF), dated 1 April 2007
- Wikiplia slides (Flash) for the talk at the SIGBOVIK 2007 conference
- Some blog discussion by the perpetrator
- SIGBOVIK conference
- source code (including the database)