Comment on What happened to Japan's electronic giants?parentComments−vadman13yI remember reading some article about Japanese gamedev years ago that said the same thing. No OO, no standards, lots of repetition, &c.−eli_gottlieb13yBut why on Earth would you need skill and technique when you've got so many overtime hours of good old Japanese hard work? /sarcasmIdiots...−geon13yThat makes it very difficult to understand how other parts of Japanese culture can be so focused on perfection. Even western programmers use he word "Zen" to describe the simplicity and perfection of code that we strive for.−eli_gottlieb13yWell, some Western programmers use Zen.
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I remember reading some article about Japanese gamedev years ago that said the same thing. No OO, no standards, lots of repetition, &c.
But why on Earth would you need skill and technique when you've got so many overtime hours of good old Japanese hard work? /sarcasm
Idiots...
That makes it very difficult to understand how other parts of Japanese culture can be so focused on perfection. Even western programmers use he word "Zen" to describe the simplicity and perfection of code that we strive for.
Well, some Western programmers use Zen.