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If one takes the "19yo" claim at face value, this is a prodigious feat.
by rokkitmensch 3y ago
If one takes the "19yo" claim at face value, this is a prodigious feat.
- lukeasrodgers 3y agoI think this is a prodigious feat at any age. I remember trying to write Hello World in Malbolge as a teen, I think I was able to do "He".
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- oh_sigh 3y agoObscene stuff like this seems perfect for the young. Not quite at the same level, but I wrote a custom tiling GUI in befunge when I was 19 (well, the befunge program output draw instructions which were rendered by a traditional C program). Now, 19 years of professional software engineering later, I don't think my actual code-outputting skills are much better than they were at 19 - all I have now is more knowledge about the process and human side of software engineering and some extra esoteric facts and histories stored in my head. In fact, maybe I'm even worse, because I wouldn't have the time or patience to actually sit down and write something like that in befunge any more, because my priorities have changed.
- palaiologos 3y agoYeah, I can kind of relate, actually! Now I am 19, have a job and attend a somewhat demanding university, outside of (more useful?) real world research I am currently doing. I wrote the code when i was c.a. 15 - 16, I could definitely improve upon my Lisp - it's within my range of current capabilities, but I would not have the motivation to :-).