The seven programming ur-languages (2022) | Hacker News

A Hacker News post curates documentation, compilers, and starter materials for niche languages like Algol 68, Forth, Lisp/Scheme, Elisp, and ML variants.

It highlights practical tools such as Gforth, PFE, EForth, and s9fes, along with books like SICP, Simply Scheme, and Concrete Abstractions.

The post also includes setup guidance across operating systems, making it easier to get these languages running and usable.

Overall, it offers accessible entry points and working toolchains for historically important and minimalist programming languages.