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Researchers Revive 1961 Heuristic Compiler and 1984 KBEmacs Software

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A new arXiv paper describes efforts to bring two historical software systems back to working condition. The work focuses on the Heuristic Compiler from 1961 and KBEmacs from 1984, both of which are early examples of experimental programming tools. The authors approach the revival as a form of executable archaeology, running the original software rather than only studying its documentation. The paper is listed on Hacker News, where it has gathered a small amount of attention so far. Further details on the specific technical findings are available in the full preprint.

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