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You can write a simple OS or a game engine, coding solo. But you will never have enough time to write something comparable to modern Linux or Unreal alone.
by bufferoverflow 6y ago
You can write a simple OS or a game engine, coding solo.
But you will never have enough time to write something comparable to modern Linux or Unreal alone.
- Const-me 6y ago> you will never have enough time to write something comparable to modern Linux or Unreal alone That is only true if you're retaining their respective requirements and architecture. Not necessarily a good idea. Linux supports tons of devices and architectures very few people are using: people are only paid to add stuff, no one is paid to remove it once no longer needed, so it tends to accumulate. Writing an OS in C is not necessarily a good idea in 2020, if I would be interested in writing a new OS I would do it in .NET. Unreal engine is not that complicated in comparison to modern Linux. I think when people are watching modern video games or technical demos and saying "wow", they overestimate complexity of code, and underestimate complexity of assets.