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It basically has zero value now, but perhaps my only claim to "fame" in the 90s was writing the first (at least popularly known) raycaster in QBasic which then
by petercooper 12y ago
It basically has zero value now, but perhaps my only claim to "fame" in the 90s was writing the first (at least popularly known) raycaster in QBasic which then spawned a ton of clones (the comp.lang.basic.misc community was strong then). It was absolutely hideous and naive but getting credited in far smarter people's larger creations as their inspiration was an eye opener for me :-) (And a feat I have not repeated, alas!)
http://home.kpn.nl/nebula/articfls%5Carticle1.html http://home.kpn.nl/nebula/articfls%5Carticle1.html
http://www.o-bizz.de/qbdown/qbcom/files/txtreng.bas http://www.o-bizz.de/qbdown/qbcom/files/txtreng.bas
- evincarofautumn 12y agoI do believe you are (indirectly) the reason that I got into graphics programming, which led to the low-level skills I now use at my job every day. Thank you.