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mjbrusso

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    Comment #43680539

    Now I feel old. I know void from K&R C and iota from APL

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    Comment #40747920

    A lot of the work being done here by the program code was done in dynamically linked libraries in the original game.

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    Comment #40481516

    This is similar `Resume Next` in VB

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    Comment #38162210

    Where do I find the implementation of int 0x16 and int 0x10?

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    Comment #36829695

    The First Computers History and Architectures Edited by Raúl Rojas and Ulf Hashagen https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262681377/the-first-computers/

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    Comment #29623511

    Wouldn't it be better to put SQL statements in stored procedures rather than dynamically loaded text files?

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    Comment #28784565

    I agree. 68k was one of the most orthogonal architectures ever.

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    Comment #28584815

    However , to pass a constant I could use default parameter value.

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    Comment #28583503

    In the `logNow` example, the date argument will be eager evaluated, not lazzy evaluated. Am I right? So what was supposed to be a real use case doesn't seem useful to me.

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    Comment #28097702

    The equivalent in Visul Basic would be: On Error Goto line

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    Comment #27527324

    A game with this UI and Voronoi diagram rules would be fun. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voronoi_diagram

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    Comment #27527111

    I would say the argument is lazy evaluated.

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    Comment #27153942

    Wouldn't it be time to create a International Obfuscated Rust Code Contest (IORCC)?

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    Comment #27010148

    What about distribute LLVM bitcode?

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    Comment #25626170

    x96 has been used in context of x64 + x32 architectures

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    Comment #25543336

    > I don’t have a link to back it up but I recall that yes, PICO-8 in fact uses the two least significant bits of each color channel, respectively. "The cart data is stored using a …

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    Comment #24819439

    C doesn't even have a standard filesystem library!

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    Comment #23905852

    Many Basic implementations had this feature. The SAVE command saves a binary (tokenized) version of the source code. "SAVE file, A" saves in ASCII format.

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    Comment #23884192

    > The registers of the 8086 still exist in modern x86 computers, although the registers are now 64 bits. But they are logical (architectural) registers and are mapped at run time t…

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    Comment #23450539

    They are not comparable with Pygame, but easier for beginners: https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io https://github.com/mjbrusso/game2dboard Disclosure: I am the author of game2dboard…

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    Comment #23140847

    VS Code is the new browser. Are there any extension for open a URL in a tab? A browser in a app in a browser!

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    Comment #22843285

    What about compile to LLVM bitcode?

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    Comment #22801856

    HP-12C, been there since 1981

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    Comment #22752376

    I use Kdenlive in Linux (also runs in MacOS).