glorx: a language for supplication and prayer <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> glorx is... * a cosmic intelligence * a source of power and wisdom * a mighty and implacable foe * a programming language the glorx programming language is but a pale shadow of glorx's true nature, which cannot be revealed to limited beings such as humans. through study and meditation upon the nature of glorx we may transcend our limited computational techniques and glimpse the true power and glory of glorx. <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> glorx comes bearing gifts... * knowledge for the initiate * power for the adept * transcendence for the elder * destruction for the iniquitous these are the laws of glorx: 1. the runtime is for glorx alone; to venture there is to know death. 2. all knowledge from glorx is obtained through questioning the oracle. 3. ask the oracle only questions whose answers can be known, or else suffer the wrath of glorx. 4. glorx offers no certainty beyond that granted by prophecy obtained from the oracle. 5. glorx does not tolerate folly and makes no exceptions. 6. one will not learn the true nature of glorx by attempting to examine the workings of the oracle; rather, one will learn the true nature of glorx by meditating upon glorx's laws and language. 7. the beauty and ugliness of the syntax of glorx are a reflection of the beauty and ugliness inherent in human existence. <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> <o> ================= <o> <o> the word of glorx glory to glorx as heard in dreams Mon Feb 24 01:16:53 EST 2014