Data-oriented design for 8-bit CPUs: SoA lookup tables

One interesting language design thread we've stumbled upon with Swift, but haven't fully developed, is the use of coroutines as an alternative to higher-order functions for building "control flow like…

One of the things I like about retrocomputing is the way the limitations of older computers give a "grain" to the software that runs on them, like how film grain affects the quality of the image in a …

--> Back in 2017, luxury fashion house Chanel did a "Data Center Collection" runway show featuring a bunch of their classic purse designs with integrated LED displays. I don't think these pieces…

The previous owner of my FM TOWNS UX20 thoughtfully removed the CMOS battery from the computer to keep it from exploding and damaging the electronics inside, but unfortunately, TOWNS OS uses the CMOS …

This book I got in a pile of FM TOWNS books turns out to be a lot more interesting that I was expecting an '80s C compiler manual to be. For as long as C and its relatives have been in mainstream use,…