DOS ain't dead

small programming languages (Developers)

posted by bencollver , 05.01.2026, 16:57

Just thought i would dump some links to small languages i've seen lately. These are easily small enough to run on 16 bit systems.

Lua (16-bit Watcom build)
https://github.com/Lethja/lua-watcom

ML/I macro processor (MASM build)
http://www.ml1.org.uk/impl-u.html

RetroBSD AWK (Runs in 128k memory, no DOS build yet)
https://github.com/RetroBSD/retrobsd

Snek (Embedded Python-like, no DOS build yet)
https://sneklang.org

T3X/0 (polished DOS & CPM builds)
https://www.t3x.org/t3x/0/index.html

TinyBASIC-C (Uses NASM on DOS)
https://github.com/nssilva/TinyBASIC-C

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• small programming languages - bencollver, 05.01.2026, 16:57 (Developers)