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The Temple OS operating system has been credited as one of the most impressive coding achievements ever done by a single coder.

It was done in Assembly and a variant of the C language called Holy C.

I would really be interested in how this language differs from standard C?

The story of Temple OS is woven with one mans struggle with mental health problems. Something that I believe all coders experience to a certain degree.

Maybe this question could be a small tribute to the man called Terry A Davis.

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    "First released in 2005 as J Operating System, TempleOS was renamed in 2013 and was last updated in 2018. " This is retro?
    – Tomas By
    Commented Apr 14, 2023 at 8:52
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    @TomasBy It's abandonware, historically notable, uses old-fashioned design principles… I think it's more retro than Windows 2000, despite being newer.
    – user3840170
    Commented Apr 14, 2023 at 9:29
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    "The Temple OS operating system has been credited as one of the most impressive coding achievements ever done by a single coder." Well, similar things have been done by small groups (early Unix, Oberon), and it was small groups instead of a single coder because the people doing this happened to be sane, not crazy, and could collaborate. So it's nothing out of reach of a normal programmer with enough time, and the other examples are actually better designed.
    – dirkt
    Commented Apr 14, 2023 at 11:02
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    has been credited as one of the most impressive coding achievements ever done by a single coder - credited by whom?
    – dave
    Commented Apr 14, 2023 at 14:04
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    @another-dave by the original programmer…
    – RonJohn
    Commented Apr 15, 2023 at 14:14

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