The short version
An old-school Common Lisp and Coalton IDE built for approachable editing.
From the HackerLinks archive
Mine
An old-school Common Lisp and Coalton IDE built for approachable editing.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-04-26
Last seen:2026-04-26
Times seen:1
Website:coalton-lang.github.io
Why it caught our attention
Readers reacted to its QBASIC/Turbo-style friendliness.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-04-26
Editorial paraphrase
Commenters said it sounded awesome and compared it to beginner-friendly Borland Turbo Pascal and QuickBasic environments.
Original threadMine, a Coalton and Common Lisp IDE