On: Microsoft makes Zork open-source

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From one perspective ADVENT is just SHRDLU turned inside out, after all. (Though of course from another perspective it's a fancier WUMPUS.)

('ADVENT' is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colossal_Cave_Adventure , for anyone who isn't familar.)

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(This is not an original observation, to be clear: see eg. https://nickm.com/if/riddle_machines.html )

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A nice overview of the source code for that is:

http://literateprogramming.com/adventure.pdf