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- 1Thoreau BASIC reimagines a programming language that faded away●Show HN: Thoreau BASIC – What if BASIC hadn't gone out of fashion?
A new project called Thoreau BASIC, launched via a Show HN post, asks what programming would look like if the BASIC language had never fallen out of fashion. The site presents a modern take on the classic beginner-friendly language, drawing interest and discussion from developers nostalgic about BASIC's simplicity and its role in early home computing.
- 2IANA redesigns example.com to cut bandwidth and add translations●IANA changed example.com on 28 September 2026 from a static English page to a basic HTML page plus a separate JavaScript
IANA has updated example.com, the long-running reserved domain used in documentation, replacing its static English page with a basic HTML page and a separate JavaScript file that adds notices in Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and Spanish. According to DebugBear's change history, the switch happened on 28 September 2026, and IANA says splitting the files reduces bandwidth. Web developers are discussing the change since the page has been unchanged for years.
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A developer has built a browser-native recreation of the classic Visual Basic 6 IDE, accessible via a web page. The project lets users open and work with the familiar VB6 development environment without installing software, drawing interest from programmers nostalgic for the tool. It is drawing attention on developer forums, where many recall VB6's role in early Windows programming.