====== The LOLZ keep rolling in ======

I recently learned of a lot more developments in the LOLCODE world. 

First off, congratulations to Dale, Brendon, and Carlos, [[http://www.nsquaredsoftware.com/doku.php?id=challenge|winners]] of the [[news:lucky-students|N-Squared LOLCODE Challenge]]. Achievements like this give me hope for the next generation.

Secondly, Adrian Tsai provided a C++ [[http://adtsai.blogspot.com/2008/12/lolexec-dynamic-lolcode-interpreter.html|LOLCODE interpreter for Windows]]. I haven't had time to investigate fully, but it sounds promising.

Also fresh off the blogosphere is a [[http://www.igvita.com/2008/12/11/ruby-ast-for-fun-and-profit/|Ruby-to-LOLCODE code translator]] that works via Ruby's abstract syntax tree. (Also available on [[http://www.github.com/igrigorik/ruby2lolz/tree/master|github]].) It reminds me more than a little of Patrick Michaud's talk on using Perl6's Parrot to [[news:lightning-parrot|do a similar thing]]. But that doesn't dampen my delight, because I love this sort of hack.

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I'm going to be taking a bit of a holiday, so things on the site and forums might be a bit quiet from my end for a while. 

HEPPY HOLIDAYZ!