The Life of Terry Davis - Creator of TempleOS

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  • @neferiusnexus
    @neferiusnexus 5 років тому +11060

    The Pope should honor this man's lifelong dedication and make HolyC the official programming language of the Vatican.

    • @schegges
      @schegges 5 років тому +279

      well technically that would be lua, beeing created at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro

    • @DrJackJeckyl
      @DrJackJeckyl 5 років тому +330

      Pope doesn't even know what a compiler is :/

    • @stona2705
      @stona2705 4 роки тому +46

      @Tony G Pope is working with antichrist we don't need him.

    • @mranderson380
      @mranderson380 4 роки тому +16

      @Tony G That's not very nice to say

    • @mranderson380
      @mranderson380 4 роки тому +7

      @@stona2705 Antichrist have no come yet, you cannot possible know that

  • @rcd02
    @rcd02 4 роки тому +8851

    Notice that Mr. Davis didn't use ANY third party libraries. Making an OS, a compiler and a language is an extreme feat itself, but with no external libraries to take resources from? It's even more remarkable.
    Rest in peace, Mr. Davis.

    • @perezr9623
      @perezr9623 4 роки тому +119

      Love this idea because then I wouldn’t have to worry about code others have made and how it works, with potential flaws. Instead I can rely on my own

    • @PokeHacked
      @PokeHacked 4 роки тому +461

      @@perezr9623 good luck trying to do that, completely by scratch. It's possible, this is an example, but it's not easy, or even hard. It's pretty close to impossible without being a genius.

    • @ashyy6819
      @ashyy6819 4 роки тому +76

      Bradley Martin Sold Me Drugs
      Can you like include the name of the person who you're responding to in your comment? It's really annoying reading through threads because of people like you. Thanks.

    • @DeepF-r5g
      @DeepF-r5g 4 роки тому +3

      Ashyy I was responding to the OP.

    • @ashyy6819
      @ashyy6819 4 роки тому +11

      Bradley Martin Sold Me Drugs
      Ty

  • @bluewuppo
    @bluewuppo 5 років тому +7087

    “When my bird was looking at my computer monitor... that bird has no idea what he’s looking at. And yet what does the bird do, does he panic? No, he can’t really panic. He just does the best he can.” -Terry A. Davis
    RIP

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 5 років тому +439

      The interesting thing about that quote is it was found randomly in one of terry's livestreams by the quy who made the Down The Rabbit Hole video. He said he spent a solid 2 week period where he would literally only watch clips of Terry Davis to find things that other people haven't seen of Terry

    • @whatevers332
      @whatevers332 5 років тому +534

      @@hamwamson7580 Dumbfuck

    • @hamwamson7580
      @hamwamson7580 5 років тому +10

      REST IN PISSSSSSSS BUDDYYYYY

    • @ronniemillsap
      @ronniemillsap 4 роки тому +252

      @@hamwamson7580 just showed that your life is worthless. :)

    • @Rainaman-
      @Rainaman- 4 роки тому +99

      @@hamwamson7580 it is very clear this have to do with his parents remarks (they were conservative Catholics) and his mental state

  • @safetydoggo2721
    @safetydoggo2721 4 роки тому +2314

    What if you wanted to go full 4k 144fps
    But God said
    640x480 16bit no discrete graphics

    • @TiddyTwyster
      @TiddyTwyster 4 роки тому +90

      *God wants 20%*

    • @marioisawesome8218
      @marioisawesome8218 4 роки тому +39

      he only wanted 20% after quitting in chess. compensation

    • @immakarma2516
      @immakarma2516 4 роки тому +6

      Bow for the safety doggo

    • @RealOny
      @RealOny 3 роки тому +43

      In one of his earlier videos he states that the reason why 640x480 16 colors was the limit was due to the fact that it was hard to impossible to push better graphics without GPU acceleration.

    • @tylerdean980
      @tylerdean980 2 роки тому +7

      @@RealOny the reason was that every GPU supports that mode nativity without drivers

  • @LeftJoystick
    @LeftJoystick 3 роки тому +1397

    According to his brother, Terry made something called a “shaper”. Basically think of a modern day 3D Milling machine, but way ahead of its time. You could send it CAD files and it would figure out the correct paths and ‘mill’ automatically. You can see it at 0:56. He also got in trouble at school for using a program he wrote to do calculus homework for him. Actual genius.

    • @chelovekparohod
      @chelovekparohod 2 роки тому +89

      I saw the machine and was confused. Looks modern and the photo is about 20 years old i guess. Kinda bizarre like if it was photoshopped.

    • @amiatanamedmichelle5539
      @amiatanamedmichelle5539 Рік тому +11

      That actually looks incredibly similar to a laser engraver now that I’m looking at it.

    • @turolretar
      @turolretar Рік тому +42

      Listen, I love Terry, but let me tell you CNC mills weren’t exactly a new thing at that time, google says the first CNC milling machine is considered to be the one made way back in 1952. Anyway, to be able to build it on your own back in the day is quite an astonishing achievement. And I’m also assuming Terry developed his own alternative to g-codes, cause he would. That guy was a true engineer, he understood the principle of things and applied it to different areas

    • @MatthewsPersonal
      @MatthewsPersonal Рік тому +21

      ​@turolretar the programmable cnc machine has been here awhile, but to build your own one at that scale wasn't really a thing yet. had he stuck with it and sold it, he would've been 10 years ahead of the market

    • @marblecandy_8481
      @marblecandy_8481 Рік тому +3

      The homework bit truly was a chad move

  • @JerryO1995
    @JerryO1995 5 років тому +4977

    No idea why the hell the UA-cam algorithm decided to start recommending me videos of TempleOS but I'm glad I got to learn more about this man and his story.

    • @josephmoody5418
      @josephmoody5418 5 років тому +67

      UA-cam's algorithms may have just acquired self awareness and may be having an existential crisis and this is their idea of a cry for help.

    • @ihateyourusernames
      @ihateyourusernames 5 років тому +25

      Let us pray... dear algorithm... guide us through iterations and recursion... return.

    • @mrkitty777
      @mrkitty777 4 роки тому +1

      😮

    • @KOTYAR0
      @KOTYAR0 4 роки тому +3

      Same here

    • @adamd416
      @adamd416 4 роки тому +5

      Because Linus tech tips just did a video on it.

  • @nominis4523
    @nominis4523 4 роки тому +468

    He spent the last chunk of his life working on this, and then put it out for free, source code included. Shows he really did believe in what he was working on.

    • @rgw5991
      @rgw5991 Рік тому

      and yet he got hated by the majority of software developers... UNTIL HE DIED.
      Then suddenly they like him. Same as with bullies who abuse a kid until he commits suicide. Then suddenly "HE was the nicest kjid we knew". Those bullies are all fake evil murderers. Same with most devs. FAKE EVIL LYING MURDERERS.

    • @nikos4677
      @nikos4677 7 місяців тому

      he was insane

    • @nopenah.
      @nopenah. 6 місяців тому +13

      ​@@nikos4677 He was both extremely mentally ill but also mostly lucid, if not aware of his own mental decline, even if he seemed to struggle adequately describing what was happening in his head. At the same time, he was also undeniably intelligent, and would have been keenly aware of the implications of releasing his work as he did. In a stream I heard him say (Roughly quoted), "In academia, the good ideas are published and shared, in industry the good ideas are kept and protected".
      I think it's unfair to call someone outright insane, even perhaps if by all perceivably reasonable standards. Arguably, genius and madness are traits that often go hand in hand, and sometimes without the proper understanding, are hard to differentiate and separate. In this case, insanity became inspiration, but his intelligence likely lead him to his delusion. Regardless, without those factors you would have indefinitely watched an entirely different video, if any at all.

  • @zenpai4449
    @zenpai4449 5 років тому +1561

    I miss terry so much. His livestreams were fun and interesting to watch and his livechat was half the fun. RIP Terry. A legend too great for this world.

    • @atomicsparks6709
      @atomicsparks6709 4 роки тому +136

      I agree....loveable character even if he was a little different.
      He was like a mad scientist programmer
      Most of us could not create a compiler and create an OS.

    • @humersompsen4775
      @humersompsen4775 4 роки тому +39

      @@atomicsparks6709 yea but don't forget the casual hardcore racism

    • @humersompsen4775
      @humersompsen4775 4 роки тому +3

      @valy0f who knows at this point, his parents should've put him into forced treatment, this is why he died.

    • @humersompsen4775
      @humersompsen4775 4 роки тому +9

      @@bigsoap186 that he was an adult doesn't matter, he was obviously delusional and a danger to himself. These people can't make sane decisions.

    • @अण्वायुवरीवर्त
      @अण्वायुवरीवर्त 4 роки тому +7

      @@humersompsen4775 he had battery charges for beating his dad or something

  • @lucastavares5103
    @lucastavares5103 4 роки тому +2024

    I`m not religious, but honestly, i hope that his god is real and is taking care of him. RIP.

    • @Daniel-oz6qu
      @Daniel-oz6qu 4 роки тому +25

      God =/ religion

    • @CatfishBradley
      @CatfishBradley 4 роки тому +141

      @@Daniel-oz6qu don't cut yourself on all that edge bud.

    • @Daniel-oz6qu
      @Daniel-oz6qu 4 роки тому +9

      @@CatfishBradley youre clearly bamboozled

    • @Yomush
      @Yomush 4 роки тому +56

      @@Daniel-oz6qu Having a god is a religion. You may not like it and deny it all you want but the reality doesn't care about what you think or believe.

    • @zhongxina9420
      @zhongxina9420 4 роки тому +53

      @@Yomush religion is a belief not a god buddhism has a religion but no god

  • @SuperMaDBrothers
    @SuperMaDBrothers 4 роки тому +3851

    "no networking, so malware is not an issue" LOL

  • @Palatineoffacts
    @Palatineoffacts 4 роки тому +1448

    My mom is bipolar and i hated her for the longest time, then i grew up and we finally took her to a doc and at the age of 19 i got to talk to my mom for the first time in my life and realized she wasn't a bad person, she was just ill. It's hard to live with mental illness and i know i might end up with something myself one day, its sad to see terry's story but i am really impressed that he made an OS all by himself. Hopefully, he found peace and met god.

    • @johantitulaer1052
      @johantitulaer1052 4 роки тому +52

      It's a very sad thing to hate family members. I hope you're on good terms with your mother again.

    • @lorisgiampieri9770
      @lorisgiampieri9770 4 роки тому +18

      Damn dude, appreciate the honesty
      Thanks for the comment, hope you're alright 🔥

    • @Baki_B
      @Baki_B 4 роки тому +44

      my mom is schizophrenic it's been 11 years i lost my mom and its no use talking to her she doesn't pay attention to anything but amazingly one thing she still didn't stop doing cooking the only thing distracting her from the voices she hears and she makes good food it's the only way i talk to her.

    • @johantitulaer1052
      @johantitulaer1052 4 роки тому +8

      @@Baki_B I hope you can forgive her for behaving that way(even though it's a mental illness). Wish you the best 🙏

    • @Baki_B
      @Baki_B 4 роки тому +19

      @@johantitulaer1052 it is what it is like you said it's a mental illness there is nothing she's done to forgive she's my mother and nothing well Change that
      and thanks i appreciate your comment

  • @asd131q7
    @asd131q7 4 роки тому +3466

    As a professional programmer with 15 years experience. I know some C (not on a professional level). LOL this guy is not a senior coder, he is a god level developer. His operating system feels like a old pc firmware for modern x86 CPU. Fully capable to use his idea of multithreading to the max. I like his concept of using the local resources - kill the cpu, ignore everything else (even some instruction sets he doesn't like - MMX ...). This is making his games run bad (almost no hardwired optimizations, no gpu) - it is on purpose! :D Many programmers, like me, can make something that looks pretty and impressive to non tech people, but without any idea what is really happening behind - the box near me just transforms the code many times and gives a live to it, adds "MAGIC" and it runs.

    • @jonuhh_
      @jonuhh_ 4 роки тому +41

      Man you're such a nerd, teach me

    • @comegeturboyclint
      @comegeturboyclint 4 роки тому +6

      But is it not x64?

    • @no-ld3hz
      @no-ld3hz 4 роки тому +3

      It's as if he's not said this 4head loooooolllll just compile

    • @Ouba1
      @Ouba1 4 роки тому +1

      Håvard Moe ofc its not x64 lmao

    • @comegeturboyclint
      @comegeturboyclint 4 роки тому

      Oh I just read 64bit on this video and assumed :P

  • @hiroshima19
    @hiroshima19 5 років тому +1348

    640 by 480, the covenant

    • @IrizarryBrandon
      @IrizarryBrandon 5 років тому +48

      I'll look at some other resolution and be like, "That's not the covenant"!

    • @herbderbler1585
      @herbderbler1585 4 роки тому +19

      My childhood was Nintendo and my teenage years were Win95/98. I'm nostalgic for those old game consoles, but I have emulators for that. I don't really have a way to bring back my first computer and its glorious 640x480 on a 12" CRT. It was a POS Packard Bell Pentium 75 desktop model and nothing ever worked right on it, but damn did I have fun anyway. There will never be another time like that.

    • @andreit3291
      @andreit3291 4 роки тому

      666 likes

    • @godnyx117
      @godnyx117 Рік тому +3

      You mind telling me what you're doing one this thread?

  • @heathjake25
    @heathjake25 4 роки тому +3446

    “I am literally the smartest programmer who has ever lived.”
    *Proceeds to show evidence why he is the smartest programmer who has ever lived*
    Me: Fair enough.

    • @kenthefele113
      @kenthefele113 3 роки тому +123

      If you're gonna talk shit you better be able to back it up.

    • @wanderingpalace
      @wanderingpalace 2 роки тому +82

      @@kenthefele113 nope its not trashtalking its total submission and admiration to his talents

    • @user-uk9er5vw4c
      @user-uk9er5vw4c 2 роки тому +23

      he was surely talented, but that's all. It still hurts how the story went

    • @souhil742
      @souhil742 2 роки тому +2

      @@wanderingpalace 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @antiresistance
      @antiresistance 2 роки тому +14

      @@user-uk9er5vw4c this is more than talent , how do u even define this as talent

  • @atomicbritt226
    @atomicbritt226 4 роки тому +522

    one of my very worst fears is Schizophrenia , I grew up with an uncle who "talked to God' and lived his entire life with his parents (attached to my grandmother's hip) His brothers ans sister never learned how to help him, they even laughed at him sometimes. But he was always the sweetest ro his nieces and nephew,loved hanging out with us,LOVED church,I think it;s the onyl thing that gave him peace somtimes. Such A happy guy you'd never know he was suffering until ,every few months, he's refuse to take his meds and become extremely paranoid. I can't imagine that sort of suffering and i fear it. Terry seems just as special as my uncle was,May they both be at peace

    • @tobydude7462
      @tobydude7462 4 роки тому +1

      😢

    • @Wabbelpaddel
      @Wabbelpaddel 2 роки тому +1

      Should have gotten him a fecal matter or bone marrow transplant.
      Schizophrenia is 99% immunergic.

    • @theblurredone6058
      @theblurredone6058 2 роки тому +13

      @@Wabbelpaddel schizophrenia is 99 percent immunogenic? Wth do you mean?

    • @Ozzianman
      @Ozzianman 2 роки тому +5

      @@Wabbelpaddel Fecal Matter Transplant is still not medically approved and afaik Bone Marrow transplants to treat Schizophrenia became more widely researched and applied around 2017 - 2018, which just so happens to be when Terry died.
      Might be mistaken on the above though, I just did some quick and dirty Google searching for 20 min because I am gonna sleep.

    • @Wabbelpaddel
      @Wabbelpaddel 2 роки тому +1

      @@Ozzianman No you're right.
      FMT is just too chaotic and uncontrolled, would be better to ingest resistant starch.

  • @Materialistic
    @Materialistic 5 років тому +3543

    Actually surprisingly good, surprised it doesn’t have more views.

    • @voteZDLR
      @voteZDLR 5 років тому +14

      I didn't even notice the view count until I saw this comment, I am also shocked this is the kind of quality you'd expect from channels with thousands or even millions of subs.

    • @thatonescrambler
      @thatonescrambler 4 роки тому +6

      cause not many are worthy knowing about davis

    • @fireworkstarter
      @fireworkstarter 4 роки тому +5

      @prinniesforeveryone its still more than youll acomplish boyo

    • @Agent-lw3fh
      @Agent-lw3fh 4 роки тому

      Bullcrap lives matter is more important

    • @azatgaming2431
      @azatgaming2431 4 роки тому +1

      now I'm the _666th_ like

  • @Veso266
    @Veso266 4 роки тому +289

    He knew that if he start to record every bit of his life, he would live forever

    • @kevinoriordan3323
      @kevinoriordan3323 4 роки тому +45

      Unfortunately a week before his death he deleted all but 2 videos on his channel, he was really not in a good state. All of the clips are from people who save videos.

    • @Veso266
      @Veso266 4 роки тому +1

      @@kevinoriordan3323 which 2 did he keep?

    • @kevinoriordan3323
      @kevinoriordan3323 4 роки тому +3

      @@Veso266 unfortunately "God’s 11th commandment was to not litter". Thereby deleted videos, Hes channel is Terry Davis ua-cam.com/channels/JZTn-fPu-uIA55UI47_cXg.html

    • @lore4089
      @lore4089 3 роки тому +27

      @@emiremiremiremiremiremiremir it was the CIA

    • @DreamxCreature
      @DreamxCreature 2 роки тому +8

      There are hundreds of his videos online if anyone is interested just google TempleOS Archive

  • @MichaelMichael-kv4gp
    @MichaelMichael-kv4gp 2 роки тому +242

    He desperately wanted someone else to take on this OS. You can see it in his writing. He explained everything he did in his code and made videos on how to use it and wrote it all out. Maybe one day someone just as smart will take on the project and make Temple OS 6.0!

    • @DevanshRawat-hb5kl
      @DevanshRawat-hb5kl 5 місяців тому +3

      He did make some videos for Larry Page and given the extensive documentation, this theory might hold weight.

  • @zacharychristy8928
    @zacharychristy8928 Рік тому +71

    The moment I realized he was the real deal was when he casually brought up a side project he was working on. It was a full 2D physics simulation program complete with rigid bodies, collisions, thrusters, springs, and pin joints. He threw together a demo in 5 minutes showing how you can simulate a rocket with fuel slosh inside, and he stabilized it using his own control system description language that he developed.
    Depending on the timelines, it's possible the dude made a better Simulink before Simulink existed.
    As a side project.

  • @Terra101
    @Terra101 2 роки тому +184

    "No networking, so malware is not an issue"
    Frickin genius.

    • @atifrafique3764
      @atifrafique3764 7 місяців тому +1

      i am no expert but how we will have internet????? how do we transfer data?????

    • @Roxve
      @Roxve 6 місяців тому

      ​he recommended to dual boot TemplOS with another OS to do stuff like that@@atifrafique3764

    • @sveps8883
      @sveps8883 2 місяці тому

      @@atifrafique3764 its not necessary for a OS with no updates and out of the box packages

    • @_BangDroid_
      @_BangDroid_ 27 днів тому

      @@atifrafique3764 USB keys!

  • @alanwatts8239
    @alanwatts8239 4 роки тому +602

    "I'm literally the smartest programmer that ever lived"
    Morgan Freeman: He was literally the smartest programmer that ever lived.

  • @LUXSTERIA
    @LUXSTERIA 4 роки тому +752

    I hope he's in heaven with his God, man seriously. Death is never easy.

    • @LUXSTERIA
      @LUXSTERIA 4 роки тому +45

      @Iluv OJ there is nobody on this planet who is perfect, everyone deserves peace

    • @LUXSTERIA
      @LUXSTERIA 4 роки тому +24

      @Iluv OJ You got this bro

    • @LUXSTERIA
      @LUXSTERIA 4 роки тому +15

      @Iluv OJ ofc buddy!

    • @SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc
      @SomeName_AlsoHandlesSucc 4 роки тому +29

      Awww that was a nice exchange.

    • @Nokitron
      @Nokitron 4 роки тому +1

      this is very unrelated, but who is it in your profile picture? i saw him in my spotify but i forget his name lol

  • @tubegor
    @tubegor 3 роки тому +62

    Moses got tablets of stone from God.
    After 3600 years Terry got OS.
    Even God goes with progress.
    RIP Terry.

  • @KOTYAR0
    @KOTYAR0 4 роки тому +496

    Jesus freaking Christ, he had pc operated CNC milling machine? In the 90s?

    • @iamstruck
      @iamstruck 4 роки тому +124

      yeah, he actually was prototyping his own machine. i don’t think he finished but he is probably one of the first people to build one that is controlled by a pc.

    • @Michael-zh2cu
      @Michael-zh2cu 4 роки тому +62

      Yeah it burnt down his apartment and that’s why he stopped

    • @michaelgunderson6185
      @michaelgunderson6185 4 роки тому +4

      G Code isn't really that hard to program. He probably only slightly reworded his point interpolation system.

  • @KingSlimjeezy
    @KingSlimjeezy 4 роки тому +427

    >HolyC
    A pun made by God himself through his servant Terry A. Davis

    • @UnordEntertainment
      @UnordEntertainment 4 роки тому +3

      whats the pun? i dont get it

    • @KingSlimjeezy
      @KingSlimjeezy 4 роки тому +25

      @@UnordEntertainment The "Holy See" is the jurisdiction of the pope, which is all catholic entities (or something like that, basically think "Catolic Church Corporation" - people come and go but the Holy See stays
      Its a bit more nuanced than that but feel free to google for more.
      C of course referring to the programing language and/or its popular cousins C# and C++ which HolyC has similar syntax to
      So as far as a name for a divine programing language, it's pretty much perfect

    • @democard1199
      @democard1199 4 роки тому +8

      @@KingSlimjeezy
      Dang, first thing comes in my mind is Holy Sh*t.

    • @mxusoleum
      @mxusoleum 4 роки тому

      @@KingSlimjeezy "HolyC has similar syntax to" because HolyC is a modification of C??

    • @KingSlimjeezy
      @KingSlimjeezy 4 роки тому

      @@mxusoleum well i wouldn't really consider it a modification since it was built from the ground up, but mutated clone sure.

  • @realmstupid-on8df
    @realmstupid-on8df Рік тому +50

    I was in a psych ward with this guy. Nobody believed he was a programmer and the staff thought the writings in his notebook was just schizophrenic babble. He figured out that by turning on certain light switches and devices we had on the unit at the same time would cause a vending machine in the lobby outside our locked unit would dispense C7 which was donut holes. The night janitor used to slip them under the door for him.

    • @bazookaace
      @bazookaace 2 місяці тому +4

      Sounds like schizophrenic ramblings to me

  • @mixedmaniac7957
    @mixedmaniac7957 4 роки тому +289

    2018 he passed.
    2019 they mourned.
    2020... God struck back.

    • @nandoflorestan
      @nandoflorestan 4 роки тому +18

      When they make a movie starring Daniel Day-Lewis or Ben Stiller, you can write the trailer, mkay?

    • @AeroZeppelin-rb4pt
      @AeroZeppelin-rb4pt 4 роки тому +2

      It's only going to get worse from here enjoy !

  • @alexismandelias
    @alexismandelias 4 роки тому +280

    What do you mean "he made an OS by himself". This feat of programming shouldn't be possible. I'm just speechless. This is... Perfection

    • @SuperDi_
      @SuperDi_ 4 роки тому +30

      I mean you say that like we found MS Dos in a cave somewhere.

    • @mixwb
      @mixwb 4 роки тому +3

      @@SuperDi_ Aliens 😂

    • @danke1150
      @danke1150 4 роки тому +80

      @@SuperDi_ MS Dos wasn't made by a single person.

    • @Fritz9672
      @Fritz9672 4 роки тому +58

      It's insane, he single-handedly wrote over 120,000 unique lines of code, I'm sure his schizophrenia had some contribution to this.

    • @duoge9139
      @duoge9139 4 роки тому +11

      he made the OS with god obviously.

  • @lukisnootis5708
    @lukisnootis5708 4 роки тому +114

    hearing the Temple OS hymn on piano sounds haunting

  • @freddykrueger6571
    @freddykrueger6571 5 років тому +971

    The amount of skill the man must have had to build an OS from scratch at that time is huge.
    Someone needs to revive Temple OS.
    Its crazy to think that a person who was mentally unstable was able to think coherently enough to put together such a complex system.

    • @AdrenalineNerdStudios
      @AdrenalineNerdStudios 5 років тому +321

      It wasn't that he was thinking incoherently. His brain was working overtime. You see and hear things that aren't there. He was perfectly capable, but received stimuli that was a figment of his illness.

    • @SynZ777
      @SynZ777 4 роки тому +240

      He didn't just build the OS. He created the compiler and bootloader also, no GNU. Like the video said, there were no third-party libraries; Terry created the 3D graphics library, multiple CLIs, and improved on the clusterfuck known as C.

    • @TheSaival
      @TheSaival 4 роки тому +157

      There was an video of him where he talks with one of his fans about computers. He was completely lucid and for a lack of a better word - normal, but only when focusing on that topic. Trully an amazing mind.

    • @Koykoykoy
      @Koykoykoy 4 роки тому +12

      Just imagine more feats he would make in TempleOS, had the mental illness not barred him from doing so.

    • @HIPHOPANTIFA
      @HIPHOPANTIFA 4 роки тому +14

      The art make makeup the ilness. As a person with anxiety, i can say the music its a temporal scape. The ill was there, but not in front for a short extasy time.

  • @MarkHall-cf6ji
    @MarkHall-cf6ji 11 місяців тому +7

    I didn't think it was possible to love a man I've never met.

  • @zbubby1202
    @zbubby1202 2 роки тому +23

    I'm an electrical & computer engineer. Terry Davis was a legit genius that had an affliction he could not control. I hope his genius can be appreciated by many, and some lessons can be learned about the unfortunate nature of mental illness. Miss you Terry, you freaking god damn revolutionary.

  • @ano_nym
    @ano_nym 5 років тому +209

    "You will see the programmer of man sitting at the left hand side of God, coding his holy temple."

    • @OlympiusARG
      @OlympiusARG 4 роки тому +11

      Jesus Christ, I'm crying

    • @tanzimi5518
      @tanzimi5518 4 роки тому +6

      @@OlympiusARG I read ur comment as talking to jesus

  • @vrapbrap
    @vrapbrap 4 роки тому +3784

    He wielded the N word without fear

    • @TheLinposterIsSus
      @TheLinposterIsSus 4 роки тому +853

      He designed the n word from scratch

    • @MrBratkenSolov
      @MrBratkenSolov 4 роки тому +602

      He literally said "hey, nigger" to a black dude

    • @farterboy
      @farterboy 4 роки тому +298

      Something we should all strive for

    • @the_original_Bilb_Ono
      @the_original_Bilb_Ono 4 роки тому +154

      He was in constant fear, its pretty sad to me.

    • @slavko321
      @slavko321 4 роки тому +187

      @@TheLinposterIsSus HolyN

  • @whalebone1206
    @whalebone1206 4 роки тому +21

    I'm not a religious man but I hope God was there for him while he suffered, and I hope God is is still there for him in the afterlife

  • @graceyudha
    @graceyudha 4 роки тому +56

    Mad respect from cs student. He created his own os, kernel, programming language and compiler without third party library on his own, i can't even do assembly

    • @chitra___
      @chitra___ Рік тому +5

      I need help with Python ffs

  • @Pow3llMorgan
    @Pow3llMorgan 4 роки тому +34

    As the son of someone who committed suicide because of advanced schizophrenia I cannot but sympathize deeply with this man's relatives and fans. It's such a frightful illness and I wish no one should have to deal with it.

  • @sammiller8925
    @sammiller8925 4 роки тому +16

    i learned about this guy today and i’m already in tears. this man was too pure for this world and didn’t deserve his bad luck

  • @gekkokamenrider
    @gekkokamenrider 4 роки тому +133

    Holy shit that piano of cover of the templeos hymn is destroying me inside

    • @charlieking7600
      @charlieking7600 Рік тому +2

      You're not lonely person. This reimagination is beautiful in its simplicity.

  • @indracodone4422
    @indracodone4422 4 роки тому +21

    Jesus this dude was a god tier programmer. No pun intended. Making an OS compiler and a language by himself. That’s just madness. RIP a goat fr.

  • @xcali9x808
    @xcali9x808 5 років тому +30

    Came from a meme and got interested in his personality and now I've been recommended this video. I am truly sad now that he's passed.

  • @michaelanderwald4179
    @michaelanderwald4179 5 років тому +431

    This was a lot more technical and interesting than I thought it would be. I expected some sappy drama focusing on Terry's illness. The way TempleOS is protrayed here actually makes it sound like a great project. I really miss having a "pure" system for tinkering and recreational programming. And I'm trying to find the best way to introduce my children to computing, like I was with the C64. The only other project in that spirit that I know of is Hackety Hack, which is a lot more abstracted away from the hardware.

    • @PaintsAreOp
      @PaintsAreOp 5 років тому +11

      It was a great project but the marketing really sucked.

    • @Asylum_M
      @Asylum_M 5 років тому +13

      get your children Raspberry Pi - they'll love it. At least mine did.

    • @St0rmC4st3r
      @St0rmC4st3r 4 роки тому +5

      @David Hestrin not close enough to the hardware. The point of using Commodore 64 is that it came with a manual and you could start experimenting with assembly language without too many steps.

    • @alexdoescrazystuff
      @alexdoescrazystuff 4 роки тому +3

      I know this may be an old comment, but a TI-84 plus calculator might be the best bet, considering the community for it and the ease of accessing assembly in the ones that allow it, being all the ones before the 84 CE and with OS 5.3 (or older) if on a CE. It also has an 8-bit cpu, a descendant of the one in the classic z80 computers of the 80s.

    • @prettymurderdoll4298
      @prettymurderdoll4298 4 роки тому

      6 66

  • @dominicaguilar3885
    @dominicaguilar3885 4 роки тому +64

    I remember stopping by his streams every once and a while to say hi... I just found out he died when I saw this video, it’s truly sad but hopefully he’s in a better place now

  • @sootierlamb3223
    @sootierlamb3223 3 місяці тому +1

    The fact that he made his own programming language compiler OS EVERYTHING from scratch without ANY help is truly amazing maybe he really was the greatest programmer of all time

  • @ekathe85
    @ekathe85 2 роки тому +66

    He was literally too brilliant for this world. RIP king.

  • @chinchillaruby4170
    @chinchillaruby4170 4 роки тому +175

    Maybe the real temple were the friends we made along the way.

    • @sjuvanet
      @sjuvanet 4 роки тому +9

      ACTUALLY TRUE

  • @renegadesmitty
    @renegadesmitty 3 роки тому +119

    He Guarded His Temple With his Mighty Nword Sword, Truly one of the knights of the round table.

    • @crispi94
      @crispi94 2 роки тому +4

      Lmao!!! Hahahahahah

  • @Aethier-lostwoods
    @Aethier-lostwoods 8 місяців тому +3

    Terry was probably legitimately in the top 10 of gifted programmers.

  • @Hammid
    @Hammid 5 років тому +40

    The Ending had me break out in tears... ✝️🙏🏻😢
    Bless his soul!

  • @darkness3ish
    @darkness3ish 4 роки тому +86

    The people who disliked were people who didnt understand his work

    • @ajxbl6754
      @ajxbl6754 4 роки тому

      It might be the narrator

  • @stanstaniboy7655
    @stanstaniboy7655 4 роки тому +879

    _"Many design choices for Temple OS were directly instructed by God himself"_
    Ah yes, specs worthy of gods: 2:54

    • @tralphstreet
      @tralphstreet 4 роки тому +13

      That truly shows how good FOSS is.

    • @paulolucero9864
      @paulolucero9864 4 роки тому +25

      Praise HolyC

    • @superheaton
      @superheaton 4 роки тому +64

      My interpretation in Mr. Davis' religious sense, no malware thing because no networking is like no doorway to corruption, so evil does not exist. No need for passwords, no encryption, like no secrets in life, so need to hide them. Single voice 8bit Midi, the only voice to listen to is God's voice. Being 64-bit and offering multi-core threading were real logical design choices. Single address mapping and no paging allowed, I am not so sure about this one relating to religion or life, but probably being having a single house address, no where to hide, no paging, because we take care of everything in the house, not offloading it to other properties or property managements? (But, it does keep it fast doing this way). No GPU acceleration, not sure, maybe like a car or something in life that made things convenient or easier?
      Just trying to interpret Mr. Davis' art. Just a guess at these things. Hope it helps

    • @DarkOmegaMK2
      @DarkOmegaMK2 4 роки тому +1

      God is a boomer

    • @Bodhini
      @Bodhini 4 роки тому +3

      god is receiving a temple, god is thankful for terry and shouldn’t be picky

  • @hyperult3810
    @hyperult3810 4 роки тому +312

    What i expected to watch
    A video about a weirdo who thinks he's an agent of god
    what i watched
    A story about a developer god

    • @l0sts0ul89
      @l0sts0ul89 4 роки тому +13

      Would make for a great anime
      “ I programmed the universe “

    • @totallynoteverything1.
      @totallynoteverything1. 4 роки тому +4

      @@l0sts0ul89 you forgot "that time" in the title

    • @blackagent4754
      @blackagent4754 Рік тому

      He isn't a god if he passed away like every human does.

  • @nocturne6320
    @nocturne6320 4 роки тому +19

    This guy was a Mozart of programming, incredible genius.
    I wish I would have known more about his story sooner, thank you for this video

  • @Rainaman-
    @Rainaman- 4 роки тому +285

    This is what CIA want you to think! It wasn't train that got him

  • @EVPpsycho
    @EVPpsycho 3 роки тому +22

    “There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.”
    ― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  • @DanIel-fl1vc
    @DanIel-fl1vc 5 років тому +679

    If he wrote an OS from scratch, then why wouldn't anyone give him a job. Such a person shouldn't be homeless.

    • @veritatas678
      @veritatas678 5 років тому +336

      He was crazy in actually a danger to others crazy. His parents wanted him to take his meds probably because they were scared of what he might do

    • @bakatoroi
      @bakatoroi 5 років тому +129

      He worked for Ticketmaster. It's not like he didn't have the skills.

    • @mechajay3358
      @mechajay3358 5 років тому +416

      @@veritatas678 He was mentally ill. Saying he was crazy is Disrespectful.

    • @MasonMillerKingofCaturday
      @MasonMillerKingofCaturday 5 років тому +137

      He had many programming jobs, but stopped working when he became very mentally ill and would only work on TempleOS

    • @madwax4771
      @madwax4771 5 років тому +164

      Alpha Jay 3.0
      Schizophrenia is a mental illness, but Terry was more than just an ordinary schizo. If you leave out the racist rants and vulgar language, you can see the Einstein in him.

  • @TonyFleetwood
    @TonyFleetwood 4 роки тому +20

    I used to watch his live streams for hours years ago. I lost track of him. Until today. I am devastated to understand what happened to that poor soul. I had no idea he became homeless. I hope he found peace.

  • @JackieLombardi
    @JackieLombardi 5 років тому +178

    This is wonderfully edited and researched

    • @JackieLombardi
      @JackieLombardi 5 років тому +8

      Also great job of going into the actual dynamics of the code. Not a lot of people who cover him do that.

    • @WhosArtorias
      @WhosArtorias 4 роки тому +1

      Best comment for this vid

  • @doverz6490
    @doverz6490 4 роки тому +27

    Terry Davis was honestly a legend it’s such a shame what happened to him he’ll forever be in my heart

  • @andresklinchovski9032
    @andresklinchovski9032 5 років тому +416

    The Syd Barrett of programming world.

    • @AlterFunKtion
      @AlterFunKtion 5 років тому +21

      Best comment 10/10

    • @SynZ777
      @SynZ777 4 роки тому +52

      Except his loved ones didn't celebrate his memory for years after he was gone. All he got was a Facebook post. The internet will remember him though.

    • @therandomshowthing8413
      @therandomshowthing8413 4 роки тому +3

      He also kinda looks like Daniel Day-Lewis, that's pretty cool

    • @mihirkamat504
      @mihirkamat504 4 роки тому

      EXACTLY. 100% accurate.

    • @DurangoCzechoslovakia
      @DurangoCzechoslovakia 4 роки тому +3

      No idea who that is but I agree.

  • @Nuclearnadalah
    @Nuclearnadalah 5 років тому +50

    Please make more videos, this is so entertaining en relaxing to watch, the production quality is top notch

    • @ParkerMilum
      @ParkerMilum  5 років тому +6

      Thanks! I've been busy with my last semester of college, but I plan on getting back to making more quality videos after I graduate in a couple weeks!

  • @ericpa06
    @ericpa06 5 років тому +566

    Oh, wait... is this freaking real!? I thought it was some kind of mockumentary. That is so sad :(
    I feel sorry for Terry now :(

    • @DwAboutItManFr
      @DwAboutItManFr 4 роки тому +1

      Eric? Eita, quem diria que eu encontraria você em um vídeo aleatório.

  • @saunterrrr
    @saunterrrr 4 роки тому +58

    Really sad seeing the deterioration of a bright mind.

  • @TheRollyD
    @TheRollyD 2 роки тому +4

    This is a much more respectful look at the troubled life of Terry than I expected going in. I think you've done a great job of radiating the positive perspective of what captivates so many people about him.

  • @kot32_fake
    @kot32_fake 5 років тому +182

    Terry is somewhat of an inspiration for me to continue doing things in C and C++.

    • @betaplay2914
      @betaplay2914 4 роки тому +5

      I need to start learning it

    • @Littlefighter1911
      @Littlefighter1911 4 роки тому +12

      Once you know C and C++, there really is not much else you would need to know.
      And even then, most other languages are probably easier to use.

    • @norpriest521
      @norpriest521 4 роки тому +1

      @@Littlefighter1911
      So if I can understand C#, will I understand C and C++?

    • @HarshRajAlwaysfree
      @HarshRajAlwaysfree 4 роки тому

      What a pleb when you switching over to holyC or making your own version of it

    • @kot32_fake
      @kot32_fake 4 роки тому +1

      @@norpriest521 Not necessarily. C# is more high-level oriented compared to the likes of C and C++

  • @silvorthegrand6976
    @silvorthegrand6976 4 роки тому +6

    What an interesting individual. I believe he has reached his goals in life. Not a lot of people can say that, as many die in wars "for their country", get caught up in different projects or have no goals, thus wasting their lives. Cheers mate, good to see your work is still appreciated.

  • @rangerbs08
    @rangerbs08 5 років тому +253

    Damn, terry looks like a badass with that moustache. Such a shame he is no longer with us. Great video.

  • @orkheus
    @orkheus 2 роки тому +5

    I'm in tears now for Terry
    Rest in peace God's favorite programmer

  • @know_not_wickedness
    @know_not_wickedness 8 місяців тому +2

    I suffered from severe mental illness since I was 30 (I'm 50) and worked for Cisco for 20 years. I was an excellent engineer but was also hospitalized half a dozen times and finally couldn't work at all. I ended up with parents again, so I know some of what Terry must have gone through, but it's unfortunate he wouldn't take medicine for his schizophrenia. Most metal health meds are garbage, but for him it has a decent history of helping. Rest in Peace Terry (Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd always makes me think of him)

  • @ghostindoomerville
    @ghostindoomerville 3 роки тому +6

    Poor Terry, if you look at his smiles, they weren't genuine. He was hurting. I hope Terry is living peacefully in heaven.

  • @FrankZen
    @FrankZen 4 роки тому +7

    I can't believe I'm only hearing about this just now! This is thoroughly fascinating!

  • @cqb1494
    @cqb1494 4 роки тому +71

    Terry’s life story could make an interesting movie one day

    • @ethanbanta4714
      @ethanbanta4714 4 роки тому +2

      That's what I was just thinking.

    • @tdcfc
      @tdcfc 3 роки тому +4

      Hard to filter out all the profanity but it's interesting to think how people would "hollywood" his life into a movie.

    • @svengangert2683
      @svengangert2683 2 роки тому

      @@tdcfc The profanity shouldn't be filtered out, it is that simple. The disgusting hollyweird elites wouldn't be interested in a real tragic story anyway. All they make is anti western propaganda, payed by the chinese communist party.

    • @jerrydne2912
      @jerrydne2912 2 роки тому +2

      It would have made a great Kubrick film

    • @teamspeak9374
      @teamspeak9374 Рік тому +1

      ​@@tdcfc it wouldn't be needed to filter out anything if society wasn't retarded. This is what severe mental illness looks like, we shouldn't shame him we should all be ashamed of ourselves to not have a way to provide support to these people. He wouldn't be banging out racial slurs if he had gotten the help he needed.
      They should make a biography and they shouldn't leave anything out. He was a 0.0001% genius and this is what his illness led him to, it can happen to anyone.

  • @Danstarr13
    @Danstarr13 4 роки тому +10

    this man did all this on his own
    i have absolutely nothing but respect

  • @jacobgoodrich6984
    @jacobgoodrich6984 4 роки тому +296

    first tech priest lmao

    • @Strato_Casterrr9898
      @Strato_Casterrr9898 4 роки тому +7

      holy shit

    • @waharadome
      @waharadome 4 роки тому +1

      That's Stallman bless bless

    • @norpriest521
      @norpriest521 4 роки тому

      @@Strato_Casterrr9898 nah he's not.
      But I am.

    • @BK_2129
      @BK_2129 4 роки тому +4

      The finest Tech Priest first of his kind

    • @pigmentpeddler5811
      @pigmentpeddler5811 Рік тому

      ​@@Strato_Casterrr9898 I tapped to comment "holy shit" lo and behold

  • @captain-chair
    @captain-chair 4 роки тому +15

    I am in no way religious, but if there is a god and heaven i hope he is up there with him.
    HolyC Is the greatest thing i have ever heard of.

  • @SUPERHEAVYBOOSTER
    @SUPERHEAVYBOOSTER 4 роки тому +8

    Amazing video. Thank you for sharing his story with such a large audience.

    • @ParkerMilum
      @ParkerMilum  4 роки тому +4

      Thank you for appreciating it!

  • @vdochev
    @vdochev 5 років тому +14

    Rest In Peace, Terry. I believe you were the greatest programmer who ever lived.

  • @vali4real
    @vali4real 4 роки тому +30

    Dude what if there's a hidden coded script in the os that, upon deciphering, reveals a huge revelation from God??

  • @edvardpotapenko
    @edvardpotapenko 4 роки тому +19

    This is enough to make a grown programmer cry...

  • @WarlordXecc
    @WarlordXecc 5 років тому +103

    I'm not really a sympathetic person but damn if Terry is not the exception, there is just something about him... You should listen to him sing if you have not "king terry davis go dogs go".

  • @texaslinux
    @texaslinux 4 роки тому +5

    This was very well done, thank you!
    RIP Terry, you were amazing.

  • @ahmadbaghereslami796
    @ahmadbaghereslami796 5 років тому +29

    What a documentary! Great job and well-created.

  • @1whospeaks
    @1whospeaks Рік тому +2

    To people who found him offensive or angry, that is NOT him, that is his condition, and being hurt by the comments of those struggling with mental illness will only make them feel more hurt and confused, they will make the illness part of them, which it is NOT. They are hard to live with, they are volatile, but that is not them. RIP Mr. Davis.

  • @srijanpaul
    @srijanpaul 4 роки тому +1

    I didn't know this man existed until today. RIP Terry. Very inspiring.
    Great video.

  • @GreenuniverseEuro
    @GreenuniverseEuro 2 роки тому +3

    Terry lives on inside his TempleOS. I remember reading that article back in 2014 and that encouraged me to learn programming. Crying now

  • @AdrianDucao
    @AdrianDucao 4 роки тому +122

    as Linus Torvalds said mastering C Language is enough, you can basically do anything

    • @jeromemartel3916
      @jeromemartel3916 4 роки тому +28

      As any Mathematician would say, as long as the language is turing complete, you can do basically do anything.

    • @chitra___
      @chitra___ Рік тому +1

      @@jeromemartel3916 P.S. In _theory_...

  • @danielsgrunge
    @danielsgrunge Рік тому +6

    Say what you want, TempleOS is actually a badass name

  • @johantitulaer1052
    @johantitulaer1052 4 роки тому +6

    Now I'm convinced he's actually one of the greatest if not THE greatest programmer that ever lived.

  • @V_V8838
    @V_V8838 2 роки тому +68

    I feel like there's a big difference between a schizophrenic and a creative intelligence people don't get. Terry had a God-given goal to create a ring 0 only OS. In effect he wants to be as close to God as possible. Typically, it's more common for people to get you to pay for access (adding more layers between you and God); conversely, Terry's interested in accessing the divine. If you look past the dated-looking menus, and think about his principals, Terry's goals aren't so strange. I think it's respectable. TempleOS could inspire educational software going forward, because he's offering you a way to understand ring 0 etc. He doesn't deserve to be denigrated for being different.

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA Рік тому +6

      Schizophrenia, specifically, is a delusional disorder with extra criteria of hearing audial pseudo-hallucinations... He couldn't tell apart the voices of his thoughts from someone speaking to him. Add other disorders and you got obsessions being seen as prophecies...
      TBH the dated menus, UI and graphics is something I actually like in TempleOS, I grew up when MsDOS was already but it was the core behind pre-XP windows systems and used in debug. A lot of old school people kept using Far Manager with Dos-like layout when I was little, and even some proprietary software was written in DOS, which is real good when you want to test hardware with Memtest86+, Victoria HDD etc.; so I kinda dig the style, it looks exotic but sleek to me.
      nd 3D graphics in software mode and with basic colors are stylish. I wish some dedicated systems ran on something that looks this way instead of having the boring Windows 10 and iPhone inspired white panel design you see EVERYWHERE.

  • @bahamas10
    @bahamas10 4 роки тому +4

    Thank you for making this... this is incredible and does an excellent job covering Terry and his work.

  • @HIPHOPANTIFA
    @HIPHOPANTIFA 4 роки тому +4

    His smile are one of the most strong and painfull things i never see in my life

  • @rentblop8070
    @rentblop8070 5 років тому +4

    Wonderful video! RIP Terry Davis

  • @ashureg1354
    @ashureg1354 4 роки тому +1

    Happy 1st anniversary of this video's upload! Just found it. R.I.P Terry.

  • @Minitomate
    @Minitomate 4 роки тому

    I'm just glad that UA-cam stumbled me upon this videos, this TempleOS looks marvelous in the perspective that just one person did this hole thing.
    R.I.P Terry Davis

  • @TheEighthWorld
    @TheEighthWorld Рік тому +5

    You have such a beautiful voice! This telling of Terry’s story really touched me. You kept it short and (mostly) understandable for the average non-programmer such as myself. Thank you for adding your tribute and your voice to the many.

  • @blewbyboy
    @blewbyboy 4 роки тому +3

    Great information! I'm doing a docudrama about Terry for my film project and this has helped us a LOT writing the script. Thank you so much!

  • @jamesblue5906
    @jamesblue5906 4 роки тому +123

    Imagine if he was given proper treatment how much further he would've gotten in his programming career

    • @allowambeBOWWAMB
      @allowambeBOWWAMB 4 роки тому +45

      Medication is very crude. It basically blocks receptors which disables a lot of other things that are positive. Usually people will end up more or less numb and sedated, thus ruining any form of creativity and drive.

    • @arthurschmidt3104
      @arthurschmidt3104 4 роки тому +9

      @@allowambeBOWWAMB unfortunately a lot of times it's the best option

    • @GamingWimpGW360
      @GamingWimpGW360 4 роки тому +2

      @@allowambeBOWWAMB very untrue. Medication is designed to return normal nt release or reuptake. It's best for having homeostatic neurophysiological workings.

    • @MsHofmannsJut
      @MsHofmannsJut 4 роки тому +21

      ​@@GamingWimpGW360 No, it can't be thus designed yet. Our knowledge of brain processes is indeed very crude. Most of it actually follows our studies on such psychoactive substances. The way antipsychotics work is akin to pouring something into a country's entire water system to touch upon those who do something wrong we don't yet know what. It does get them, but everyone else is just as affected and just because we can tipify the thing that does get them says little about why it works that way. That is really the basis of most of what is considered knowledge about psychosis. And if we can say something about the most affected, we know extremely little about its consequences on the networks themselves, we just postulate some hazy material generalizations.

    • @jungervin8765
      @jungervin8765 3 роки тому +5

      @@arthurschmidt3104 lol. No. We have so many solutions for problems, but hidden from the public. Like faster eft, LOA. Btw I healed a disease in myself.

  • @nikm2089
    @nikm2089 2 роки тому +2

    As a learning programmer I wish King Terry was still alive so I could tell him how awesome and what a genius he was.

  • @Ghost23712
    @Ghost23712 5 років тому +5

    I only learned of this guy from this video and you still managed to make me feel bad for him, very good and underated video.

  • @SK-iv4ml
    @SK-iv4ml 5 років тому +19

    Thank you for making this
    RIP Terry