(redditor lutusp is Paul Lutus, author of the linked book, former NASA engineer who worked on Viking Mars mission / Space Shuttle and creator of the Apple Writer, hacker extraordinaire)
He also wrote GraForth (an implementation of Forth with animation and sound for 1Mhz Apple ][+), one of the most amazing pieces of software I've ever seen.
Programming thought experiment: stuck in a room with a PC without an OS
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/9x15g/programmi...
I am a little difficult to describe ...
http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/9xgnd/iama_little_diff...
(redditor lutusp is Paul Lutus, author of the linked book, former NASA engineer who worked on Viking Mars mission / Space Shuttle and creator of the Apple Writer, hacker extraordinaire)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Lutus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Writer