In a discussion with a friend I was recently reminded of a fascinating idea from the days of Commodore C64. Unfortunately, googling brought no results, which might be due to the fact that I don't even know what to google for. So, I would like to ask for help here...
In a nutshell, I remember there once was a very simple, almost Assembler-like programming language that was used exclusively for programs that were battling each other in computer memory by overwriting each other. Personally, I played around with it on a C64, but it might have been ported to other systems, as well. It might have been called "program war" or something like that and for a while there were big communities running competitions and championships.
Is anyone old enough to know, what I'm talking about, and could help me with some info? :)
Thanks in advance.
Maybe you are remembering Core War where the assembly language was called Redcode and specifically Core Wars Pro for C64 (see mobygames.com, corewar.co.uk)