I've never seen ANYTHING like this before... Temple OS

Can we take a moment to appreciate how Terry -- at the height of his schizophrenia -- still documented his code better than ~99% of developers?

Linus: This interface is so cluttered Linus in 2 weeks: "10 ways TempleOS is just better"

Gotta remember that Terry had enough genius to not only create an entire OS from scratch while battling the waking nightmares of schizophrenia, but also to quietly crank out one of the smoothest Catholicism/computer science crossover puns (Holy C / Holy See) in history. Rest easy, Terry.

Being a senior programmer, I know full well how surreal this guy's work is... It's like building a skyscrapper by yourself, barehanded.

Is not C. Is not C++... it is C† Greatest programmer who ever lived.

"A idiot admires complexity. But a genius admires simplicity" -Terry A Davis

You might think that this is total garbage, but any programmer worth his salt can tell that terry was an absolute genius. Designing a system like this is not easy. Yes it's imperfect, but for a single person to design something this unique from scratch is just incredible in my opinion.

I met Terry on a bus once while I was on my way to computer science class. He asked me if I was a federal agent, completely convinced. I had no idea who he was or what that interaction meant until much later. Truly haunting to think back on it.

"the pope probably doesn't know what a compiler is" - Terry A. Davis

I don't think Linus quite understood how amazing it was that Terry figured out a way to encode 3D rendered graphics in a text file lol

Not only this man has written his own language, kernel and a compiler, he managed to introduce 3D shapes, pictures and sound files into ASCII format. That is beyond insane. He definitely deserves the title of "the smartest programmer who ever lived"

I remember reaching out to Terry just to see if he was OK, he seemed a bit scrambled at the time, and he was actually a genuinely nice person. Granted I have a bit of experience with schizophrenia after my best friend in highschool got it pretty seriously, so I have a high tolerance for psychosis, but he meant well. He was a genius trapped in a world of delusion and bad choices. The OS was nutty, but it was packed with interesting ideas and the poor guy actually deserved a bit of respect, not for making a functional OS, the thing was barely functional, but for actually trying out some genuinely interesting ideas. The beauty of science is, the experiment doesnt have to work to learn something from it, so its one of the great ironies of science that this schizophrenic religious dude was doing more science than most PhD weilding computer science departments will do in a lifetime. But oh man was he suffering. Schizophrenia can make life a living hell.

"The CIA might glow but Terry shines." RIP Terry.

"Let's be clear, I'm literally the smartest programmer that has ever lived" - Terry A. Davis

Terry is a tragic case, if he didn't suffer from Schizophrenia, I have little doubt his name would be among the top tech giants we know today. Man was a phenomenal programmer.

Imagine a world devastated by war and the only computer that survives is a toughbook with TempleOS.

Actually big respect for covering this without making fun of Terry and his mental state. Very professional

“I like elephants, and God likes elephants... here's a realistic elephant” - Terry Davis

I am not the best programmer, but i know that creating an entire OS (and Kernel), compiler, Window-manager, file manager, etc from scratch alone takes an absolute genius I have mad respect for this man

Being reminded of what was lost with Terry's illness never ceases to make my heart ache. He had the brilliance of a natural born tinkerer and the drive of a man haunted by phantoms. The breadth and depth of his creation is truly hard to fathom. TempleOS is a unique product of a person who was desperately clinging to the only thing that still made sense to him.