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It isn't that crazy when you realize that, on those old systems, every byte counted. If he could save 50-100 bytes with that weird method, it was worth it.
by fsk 12y ago
It isn't that crazy when you realize that, on those old systems, every byte counted. If he could save 50-100 bytes with that weird method, it was worth it.
- rodgerd 12y agoAbout a third of a percent of the memory available in a Model B.
- teamonkey 12y agoI wonder if, as well as saving space and obfuscating the code for hackers, the tokens helped the random name generator produce more pronounceable results, perhaps more so than simply alternating consonant and vowels?
- Rabidgremlin 12y agoThe entire universe was procedurally generated because you couldn't hold all the data in the memory of an early microcomputer. I have a write up on how it worked here: http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2015/01/14/procedural-content-generation-creating-a-universe/ http://blog.rabidgremlin.com/2015/01/14/procedural-content-g...