3 It was one of the first OSs to use a GUI at all, something that we pretty much take for granted these days. Twenty (!) years ago, before the macOS 2 we know today, there was another operating system known as “Mac OS”. This year I decided to seriously attempt something that I’d thought about in the past: getting a Swift program to run on Mac OS 9. Last year I implemented the world’s best code visualizer. And while pranks on April Fools’ seem less and less fun 1, obvious jokes and whimsy, not at anyone’s expense, are still something I believe in…and even better if they actually work.
While this year is a sober one due to current events, I think a lot of people still appreciate what people are creating and sharing to keep spirits up, whether that be music or art or…impractical programming projects.
It’s April 1, and that means it’s both April Fools’ Day and the anniversary of the founding of Apple Inc.
