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Downloading and trying to figure out the code for DikuMUD-based distributions is what drove me to learn C as a kid.
by philipov 6y ago
Downloading and trying to figure out the code for DikuMUD-based distributions is what drove me to learn C as a kid.
- birdyrooster 6y agoSame here! I remember making my own port of DikuMUD because I wanted to start my own community but quickly learned how daunting the writing workload is and I sadly never finished my beginning city but it felt magical to have a friend from AlterAeon join me and enter this world I had built. It was all so accessible if you could just put in the time to world build.
- uglygoblin 6y agoDitto! Digging through Diku and the derivative Smaug codebase was my gateway to programming and I am forever thankful that such software existed and was available for a young teenager to dive into.
- tmn007 6y agoMe too. Learnt a lot about Unix, c, networking and compilers getting it working in 1992.