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Every time I see a new modern TUI framework, my disappointment is the same: "Oh. This isn't as good as Turbo Vision."

Turbo Vision was truly immersive. I used it in Turbo C and also in Paradox 4.5.

So good.

Funny how something that ran in a tiny box on a 386 could feel more responsive than some modern GUIs. Turbo Vision really nailed the basics.

I swear the characters appear on the screen before I press the keys when I'm in a real (not emulated) Linux terminal. I can't feel the lag as I'm typing this comment into a basic textarea, but it's clearly there, because a terminal feels magical.

I always thought Charm was pretty robust as far as TUI tools go[0]

[0]: https://charm.sh/

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