BLISS
tosh
46 points
8 comments
July 11, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (6 comments)
goodwillhunting
There's even a compiler for it https://github.com/sergev/bliss-compiler
hyperhello
Variables were pointers and you could dereference with a dot. Another step towards writing what you mean.
classichasclass
An important language in my younger years, since many Atari System 2 games (using the T-11 "PDP-on-a-chip") were written in it.
khaledh
A very notable implementation in BLISS was the VAX/VMS operating system.
dvh
My favorite game playing in my mind is doing timeline revelsals, what if browsers used bliss from the beginning and then someone invented JavaScript and put it in browser. Would you stick to bliss?
ngvrnd
First job out of college in 1986 was at Teradyne, working in BLISS.