Ah. The world of interactive fiction. Brings back so many memories.
For "newer" folk, who are interested, you should try to get your hands on a copy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lamp and watch it. It covers the history of the games and everything else. Everyone relevant is interviewed with the notable exception of Graham Nelson (author of the Inform language). The tag line sums it up pretty well - "before the first person shooter, there was the second person thinker."
Plotkin himself is a bit of a heavyweight in the IF world. I'm not surprised that this was by him.
I tinkered with the language and environment a little. Inform 7, with it's natural language style of writing, is a fascinating environment.
An introductory article that connects algebraic datatypes, combinatorial structures, and generating functions. Includes a bibliography on the fascinating literature around this.
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For "newer" folk, who are interested, you should try to get your hands on a copy of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get_Lamp and watch it. It covers the history of the games and everything else. Everyone relevant is interviewed with the notable exception of Graham Nelson (author of the Inform language). The tag line sums it up pretty well - "before the first person shooter, there was the second person thinker."
Plotkin himself is a bit of a heavyweight in the IF world. I'm not surprised that this was by him.
I tinkered with the language and environment a little. Inform 7, with it's natural language style of writing, is a fascinating environment.