The demoscene is amazing fountain of technological progress. I feel sometimes like it's the abstract math of the software world, off doing lots of very impressi

The demoscene is amazing fountain of technological progress. I feel sometimes like it's the abstract math of the software world, off doing lots of very impressive useless stuff, until some little piece of tech filters its way down and revolutionizes part of an industry. For example, lots of sceners now are bringing things like procedural generation of art assets to the masses, but it's been a common technique in the scene for decades. This particular compo has a long history and lots of different challenges: http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/compoold.htm http://www.hugi.scene.org/compo/compoold.htm - A brainfuck interpreter in 98 bytes - Nibbles in 48 bytes (some of the disqualified entry reasons are also equally interesting) - Maze builders in 122 bytes