[HN Gopher] Libero - A Programmer's Tool and Code Generator (1997)
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       Libero - A Programmer's Tool and Code Generator (1997)
        
       Author : leonry
       Score  : 49 points
       Date   : 2024-12-28 20:03 UTC (1 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (imatix-legacy.github.io)
 (TXT) w3m dump (imatix-legacy.github.io)
        
       | WillAdams wrote:
       | Doesn't seem possible to install for Windows:
       | 
       | https://imatix-legacy.github.io/pub/libero/bin/lrmswin.zip
       | 
       | is 404 and not available on archive.org:
       | 
       | https://web.archive.org/web/20240000000000*/https://imatix-l...
       | 
       | If someone could get it running (and generating Python code) it
       | might be very interesting.
        
         | mdaniel wrote:
         | curl -LO https://github.com/imatix-
         | legacy/libero/raw/master/pub/bin/lrmswin.zip       unzip -l
         | lrmswin.zip       Archive:  lrmswin.zip       Length      Date
         | Time    Name       ---------  ---------- -----   ----
         | 336659  06-16-1997 09:51   lrwin.exe         83008  06-09-1997
         | 12:42   lwproc.dll          8910  12-29-1996 12:48   lrmesg.txt
        
           | WillAdams wrote:
           | Thanks!
           | 
           | Since it also includes vbrun300.dll I suspect this is a bit
           | too old to run on a current system.
        
             | mdaniel wrote:
             | Possibly, the readme in that directory talks about
             | alternatives <https://github.com/imatix-
             | legacy/libero/blob/master/pub/bin/...> and the repo does
             | allegedly contain the source if you wanted to try building
             | it yourself https://github.com/imatix-
             | legacy/libero/tree/master/src
        
         | pseudony wrote:
         | It is not _exactly_ the same, and it is a shameless plug, but I
         | work on a code /config generation tool.
         | 
         | I'd be interested in hearing about your use-case and whether
         | something like https://jwdevantier.github.io/htt/quick-start/ (
         | https://github.com/jwdevantier/htt ) would let you solve your
         | issue?
        
           | WillAdams wrote:
           | I wasn't sure if the project in question would be useful.
           | 
           | Interestingly, it looks as if your project would directly
           | apply to the current step of my current project: getting from
           | a Python core in OpenPythonSCAD to wrapping it in OpenSCAD
           | code --- if there was enough code to it to make automation
           | make sense, and if the whole tool stack was stable enough for
           | that to make sense.
           | 
           | Mostly I was researching this for:
           | 
           | https://github.com/IndiePython/myappmaker-sdd
        
       | larusso wrote:
       | Ok I was intrigued for a moment and wondered why the page looks
       | so damn old. Last update 1997 :)
        
       | LtWorf wrote:
       | libero is a racist/fascist newspaper in italy.
        
         | fifilura wrote:
         | It is also a Swedish diaper brand.
         | 
         | I wouldn't yield the fascists a trademark on that name.
         | 
         | FWIW they could call their paper Coca Cola and still be
         | irrelevant.
        
           | LtWorf wrote:
           | They're not that irrelevant in italy since they seem to be
           | well connected with berlusconi's media and daily appear on tv
           | for quite a long time.
        
         | jgalt212 wrote:
         | there's too many things, and not enough nouns. such collisions
         | occur with such frequency it's foolish to draw conclusions, or
         | ban words. Apple is among the world's largest tax dodgers, but
         | I still use the word when speaking of my favorite fruit.
        
       | verdverm wrote:
       | I've built something similar that uses CUE + text/template rather
       | than visual programming. Like libero, iteration is important and
       | hof let's you modify the generated code and the design for the
       | automated code as many times as you like.
       | 
       | https://github.com/hofstadter-io/hof
        
         | anonzzzies wrote:
         | That is very nice! I had that idea and then of course didn't do
         | it.
        
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