[edw519]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pick_operating_system

This has accounted for about 90% of everything I've built since 1985.

Pick code generates my side project: https://eddiots.com/1

[mattsoldo]

“ It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick.[2][3]” you can’t make this stuff up!

[firebaze]

I know, not reddit, but I simply can't resist:

> Pick was originally implemented as the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System (GIRLS) on an IBM System/360 in 1965 by Don Nelson and Dick Pick [...]

[Mister_Snuggles]

My first job involved working on a Pick system. The system started life on a Prime mainframe and was migrated to UniVerse on Solaris.

I seriously miss it.

Every once in a while I try to get back into it. Usually it takes the form of trying (and failing) to get a demo/personal version of UniVerse, but lately I've been poking at ScarletDME a little bit. I'd even pay money (not much since this is just hobby stuff, but some) for UniVerse, but even the cost of it seems to be a closely guarded secret.

[edw519]

Thanks, Mister_Snuggles, for reminding me I'm not the only one left.

I HAVE to code in PICK.

"Unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to madness or suicide or murder, don’t do it." - Charles Burkowski

(Funny, they named the current support company "Rocket".)

Here's the link to the current Universe trial version (free and good until 04/2025. Get it, install it, and make something with it. Please don't let that part of you die.

https://www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-ap...

[layer8]

Collection of books about Pick: https://jes.com/downloads

[aredirect]

this project is AMAZING

[edw519]

Thanks, aredirect!

My next phase is to put the PICK-generated svg into codepen and provide links to show how to draw the art with code.