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I think that the young generation might still relate to this story. Hacks have changed, but they still exist. The difference is that now, instead of looking fo
by JD557 8y ago
I think that the young generation might still relate to this story. Hacks have changed, but they still exist.
The difference is that now, instead of looking for a particular CPU instruction, you'll look at hidden instructions in you JIT bytecode or ways to trick your sandbox (browser?) to let you use the GPU.
- kleiba 8y agoBut that's kind of my point: naturally, there are still "hacks" around, I didn't mean to imply otherwise. But as much as the nature of coding has changed, so has the nature of the hacks. I still wonder how easy it is for someone who grew up with IDEs, frameworks/libraries, and StackOverflow to relate to an old-time story like the one above. Sure, you can relate to the general feeling of "something is in the way of me reaching my goal, is there a clever way around it?" but to me, a lot of the "magic" inherent in the older hacks is different from today's. Can that old-time magic still be felt by a kid of today when reading a story like this one?