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I tried reading it on the past. Most of it seemed out of date. What are the good parts?

• EvanAnderson 6y ago
  It's been years since I read it cover-to-cover, but looking over the ToC and thinking back the following chapters stick out as having enough general applicability (i.e. not tied up in video hardware or CPU specifics) as to be less dated: 10, 14 - 18
• corysama 6y ago
  The details about assembly and GPUs are way out of date. The good parts are the wisdom about how to approach optimizing programs.
  • djmips 6y ago
    There was no GPU back then.
    • corysama 6y ago
      The book goes into great detail about programming VGA GPUs. MCGA Mode 13, “Mode X” and a few other variations. I read the precursor to this book when it was new and programmed for GPU that I had back then.
• CamperBob2 6y ago
  It should be read as a successor to 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance', not as a successor to Knuth or Abelson.