"Vintage computing enthusiast Colin Hoad has released a gift to anyone who fondly remembers Psion's classic EPOC-based palmtops and their Open Programming Language (OPL): a language server which brings modern quality-of-life features to the OPL programmer, regardless of their development environment. "OPL being a fairly old (I like to think 'venerable') language, there is scant support for it in any modern IDE, including [Microsoft] VS Code," Hoad writes in an introduction to the project ahead of its first public release."
""After some illuminating chats about this on the Psion Discord server, Alex Brown seeded the idea in my head of writing a language server for OPL using the now widely adopted Language Server Protocol (LSP). This felt like a meaty project I could really get my teeth into, and which would also serve as an opportunity to expand my own programming abilities.""
A language server implements modern quality-of-life features for the Open Programming Language (OPL), enabling richer editor support across development environments. OPL is a fairly old language with scant support in modern IDEs, including Microsoft VS Code. Community conversations on a Psion Discord server inspired development of an LSP-based server, using the Language Server Protocol to provide features and expand programming capabilities. Psion produced popular Organizer and Series palmtops running EPOC; later devices like the Series 7 and netBook underperformed, leading to an exit from the consumer market and eventual sale to Motorola Solutions. Planet Computing later released a Series 5MX-inspired Gemini clamshell smartphone.
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