BitGrid meets the Advent Of Code

 I'm a big fan of the Advent of Code, in the past, I used Lazarus/Free Pascal as my language of choice, you can see the code here. So, this year, I'm going to update the BitGrid engine, and do whatever is required to get code to run in the virtual BitGrid. You can follow my progress here.

This requires an ecosystem to support me. I've got to add I/O, programming and Debug SubSystems to the BitGrid engine. I've got to figure out a programming language, and a compiler, router, etc. I hope to get all of the 2023 problems done before Advent of Code 2024 starts.

Making a fresh start, in Pascal

I've recently been made aware that there is a page devoted to BitGrid in the Esoteric Languages wiki. Needless to say, this came as a bit of a shock to me. I was particularly impressed with the working example of the game of life implemented in a BitGrid.

I've let this project sit far too long, and since I've got nothing but free time these days, I'm pushing at implementing a simulator for the BitGrid, in Lazarus, which is a GUI builder based on Free Pascal.  The GitHub repository for the project has the latest code, which isn't much to look at for the moment.

I'm hoping that I can sustain small bits of progress that add up over time.

Eventually, I'll have a system to really allow programming and evaluation of programs. It would then be on to a chip design, and onward to Exaflop computing. ;-)