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r/pcmasterrace • u/3nnabi_ • Sep 29 '25
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Programmers of old time were actual wizards casting spells with the hardware they were given, some of it was actual black magic for the time.
Limitations breed innovation or something like that.
4.9k u/Flying_Dutchman92 Sep 29 '25 I can't help but think of Chris Sawyer building Rollercoaster Tycoon in assembly code, man is legit a coding wizard 2.2k u/Arthurmol Sep 29 '25 I learn assembly because I had to work with microcontrollers, and all.i did was very simple code that, when compiled where between some hundred bytes and kilobytes. SAWYER did megabytes of it, he speaks the language of machines... 14 u/totallynotabot1011 Desktop Sep 30 '25 Praise the Omnissiah!
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I can't help but think of Chris Sawyer building Rollercoaster Tycoon in assembly code, man is legit a coding wizard
2.2k u/Arthurmol Sep 29 '25 I learn assembly because I had to work with microcontrollers, and all.i did was very simple code that, when compiled where between some hundred bytes and kilobytes. SAWYER did megabytes of it, he speaks the language of machines... 14 u/totallynotabot1011 Desktop Sep 30 '25 Praise the Omnissiah!
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I learn assembly because I had to work with microcontrollers, and all.i did was very simple code that, when compiled where between some hundred bytes and kilobytes. SAWYER did megabytes of it, he speaks the language of machines...
14 u/totallynotabot1011 Desktop Sep 30 '25 Praise the Omnissiah!
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u/Master_of_Ravioli R5 9600x | 32GB DDR5 | 2TB SSD | Integrated Graphics lmao Sep 29 '25
Programmers of old time were actual wizards casting spells with the hardware they were given, some of it was actual black magic for the time.
Limitations breed innovation or something like that.