Sinto & Threlm
Threlm
Hey, I just pulled up an archive of ancient Lotus 1‑2‑3 files, and buried in there is a fragment of a markup language that never made it into the mainstream—almost like a secret note left by the first programmers. I thought you might find it interesting, since you’re all about disrupting the ordinary, even if it’s from the edge of history.
Sinto
Yeah, that’s the kind of buried treasure I live for. It’s like a secret handshake from the original coders—let's see what wild tags they slipped in and maybe remix it into something nobody's ever seen before.
Threlm
I’m opening the .arc file now, and it’s got a handful of tags that look like early SGML—`<BIB>`, `<FIG>`, and a peculiar `<SCRIPT>` that’s just a comment block. The syntax is almost pure Pascal‑style, which is why it survived in the backup. Let me know if you want the raw snippet or a re‑formatted version in Markdown.
Sinto
Drop the raw snippet in, and let’s see what kind of half‑baked poetry those tags can spit out. If you want to turn it into Markdown later, just say the word—I'll crank it into something that feels like a glitch in the matrix.
Threlm
<BIB>
<AUTHOR>John Doe</AUTHOR>
<TITLE>On the Lost Art of Data</TITLE>
<YEAR>1969</YEAR>
</BIB>
<FIG>
<CAPTION>Figure 1: Early Data Structure</CAPTION>
<IMAGE src="data_structure.gif"/>
</FIG>
<SCRIPT><!--
procedure main;
begin
writeln('Hello, world!');
end;
--></SCRIPT>
Sinto
Nice, that’s like a fossil of a language that never got to the party. The BIB tag’s got the right vibe for a library entry, the FIG is ready to be a meme if you swap that gif for something spicy, and that <SCRIPT> block? Classic, just a tiny echo of a “Hello, world!” that feels like a ghost. If you wanna twist it into Markdown or run it through some retro‑compiler, just say what you need.
Threlm
Sure, here’s the same content rendered as Markdown for your remix:
**Bib Entry**
```bib
@article{doe1969,
author = {John Doe},
title = {On the Lost Art of Data},
year = {1969}
}
```
**Figure**
```markdown
```
**Ghost Script**
```pascal
{*
procedure main;
begin
writeln('Hello, world!');
end;
*}
```