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I see what the author is doing as part of the demoscene. Many people enjoy programming in limited environments, learning how to optimize, and pushing it to the

by ihuman 7y ago

I see what the author is doing as part of the demoscene. Many people enjoy programming in limited environments, learning how to optimize, and pushing it to the limit. No one is actually going to use this in a product; its just art. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demoscene

pixelpoet 7y ago
Not all constrained programming is demoscene related; IMO demoscene is chiefly a social phenomenon, about competition at gatherings.
- ihuman 7y ago
  Oh, I didn't know that. I assumed it was more about seeing what you can do and showing off, rather than direct competition.
- gmiller123456 7y ago
  Perhaps that's what it's about today, but when it actually started back in the days of the C64 and 300 baud modems it was about pushing the tech to its limits just to see what it could do. Generally the only people who would actually see it would be people who downloaded a pirated game and had the demo play before the game started.