i've written a bit of HolyC and at one point knew how to get around in that environment. it's pretty neat actually. it's easy to make fun of his clunky demos and mental illness, but he built something incredibly entertaining to work with.

as he emphasized endlessly, you can modify the running kernel, so it's easy to rip out his fanatical religious stuff.

Seeing that actually shocked me a bit. I remember when I was first on HN I'd see occasional messages of him either promoting his TempleOS or going off on crazy aggressive rants completely out of context. A lot of comments were saying never mind Terry, he isn't well. It's very sad how his story ended.