“ It is named after one of its developers, Dick Pick.[2][3]” you can’t make this stuff up!

I know, not reddit, but I simply can't resist:

> Pick was originally implemented as the Generalized Information Retrieval Language System (GIRLS) on an IBM System/360 in 1965 by Don Nelson and Dick Pick [...]

I'm sad hearing Dick Pick died aged 54 of stroke complications.

My first job involved working on a Pick system. The system started life on a Prime mainframe and was migrated to UniVerse on Solaris.

I seriously miss it.

Every once in a while I try to get back into it. Usually it takes the form of trying (and failing) to get a demo/personal version of UniVerse, but lately I've been poking at ScarletDME a little bit. I'd even pay money (not much since this is just hobby stuff, but some) for UniVerse, but even the cost of it seems to be a closely guarded secret.

Thanks, Mister_Snuggles, for reminding me I'm not the only one left.

I HAVE to code in PICK.

"Unless it comes out of your soul like a rocket, unless being still would drive you to madness or suicide or murder, don’t do it." - Charles Burkowski

(Funny, they named the current support company "Rocket".)

Here's the link to the current Universe trial version (free and good until 04/2025. Get it, install it, and make something with it. Please don't let that part of you die.

https://www.rocketsoftware.com/products/rocket-multivalue-ap...

Yup, this is exactly where I get to when I try and fail to get UniVerse.

What's the trick to making that form work? It won't accept my @gmail.com address, and I don't really want to use my work email address and potentially mis-represent things. Especially since my work used to use one of Rocket's products.

I used my work email and then forwarded it to my g mail.

If you have concerns about doing that, you can just download it from my website at

http://eddiots.com/UVTE_WINDOWS_11.4.1.zip (You may have to cut and paste this link into a new tab. HN doesn't seem to like this.)

If you have any problems or need the UNIX version, just reply here or contact me. email on my profile. Let me know how it goes.

Windows only?

UNIX too

Collection of books about Pick: https://jes.com/downloads

this project is AMAZING

Thanks, aredirect!

My next phase is to put the PICK-generated svg into codepen and provide links to show how to draw the art with code.