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Really, the demo scene, which started out in the 80's, was using Watcom C++? Watch the behind scenes video of Second Reality (1993). They're coding Pascal and (

by newobj 15y ago

Really, the demo scene, which started out in the 80's, was using Watcom C++? Watch the behind scenes video of Second Reality (1993). They're coding Pascal and (duh) assembly. The demoscene was really born out of cracks/intros/loaders which means its origins are C64/Apple/Atari etc and assembly language.

pjmlp 15y ago
In a very distance past, Watcom C++ used to be the best optimizing compiler for MS-DOS. It was also the first to support extended memory in MS-DOS.
- newobj 15y ago
  I'm not arguing the existence of Watcom C++ 9.5/386 :) But let's be clear the first version of Watcom C++ was released in 1993. To suggest the demoscene started there is ludicrous.
  - pjmlp 15y ago
    There I agree with you.
vigo 15y ago
yeps. almost correct. scene started with c64. pc scene / first demo came out from future crew : second reality. also in 1996, smash designs created second reality 100% same fx via C64 (:
- pjmlp 15y ago
  1996?! I don't understand your comment. There were lots of PC demos in the late 80's.