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install a couple 150MB IDEs

Not Java, but an IDE in 4K: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BASIC_Programming

Having used it quite extensively (Well, five solid days over two weeks, which is about 1000x longer than most people gargling on the internet), it's surprisingly capable.

Imagine if someone with the same talent and motivation was working on today's hardware.

<aside> Someone on Atari Age wrote a LISP for the same machine.



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