[Funge] Temporal Funge development etc.

[vsync <vs...@bi...>]

Hmm.  A number of people have asked "what *is* this Temporal Funge you
keep mentioning?"  Well, I meant to have a basic working version
several weeks ago; however, school and my job have kept me far busier
than I care to reflect on.  It may have to wait until spring break.

In addition, I am chagrined to note that I am not the first to think
of time travel in Funge programs.  The Befunge FAQ (available at
Patrick Jordan's FTP site -- ftp://ftp.antistatic.com/pub/source/funge/)
shows that the Great and Wonderful Chris Pressey thought of this some
time ago.

What is interesting is that my Temporal Funge idea exactly matches his
Chronefunge spec, with a couple of minor additions.  Go read it.

Anyway, maybe the idea somehow seeped into my subconscious years ago,
and I just now remembered it, or maybe I did think of it
independently.  Which shows that twisted minds think alike too.
Either way, I think it's a nifty idea, and I'm implementing it as soon 
as I get a chance.

I do have a working Befunge-93 interpreter (except for randomness and
input) written in pure Java 2.  It also includes non-Funge98-compliant 
threading.  If you want to look at that, there are instructions for
accessing the CVS repository at:

  http://funge.sourceforge.net/

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vsync
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