> I started writing compilers in order to speed up my game Empire (www.classicempire.com). Compilers turned out to be more interesting :-) That seems to be a r

> I started writing compilers in order to speed up my game Empire (www.classicempire.com). Compilers turned out to be more interesting :-) That seems to be a recurring pattern in the history of software. Unix was created for similar reasons (to create a self-hosted development environment for game), and the Linux kernel started out as a terminal emulator.