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When Carmack did his work, the computers he had were 386/486 class. So the distinction you're making doesn't make sense. Working code is code that works in the
by coliveira 4y ago
When Carmack did his work, the computers he had were 386/486 class. So the distinction you're making doesn't make sense. Working code is code that works in the computer you have at the time you're writing the software.
- royjacobs 4y agoThere is a distinction between 'working code' and 'working code that runs at interactive frame rates in a severely memory-constrained environment'.
- bombcar 4y agoDoom was technically developed on NeXT workstations, but it had to perform well enough on a 386 (even if in a reduced window).