Comment on The random number generator of DOOMparentComments−netheril9611yI did not. Perhaps I was being too harsh to criticize this particular project.−ionised11yHave you really never heard of DOOM or know how old it is?I would have thought it was quite well known among the tech crowd, even non-gamers.−pjc5011yDoom was released in 1993. I'm guessing that netheril96 wasn't made until 3 years later.Tech is a very ahistorical discipline. We don't look back at the "old masters". We reinvent things every generation (or in Javascript land, every week).−stcredzero11yAs Alan Kay said, Programming is "almost a field" because it forgets its own history. As the now-typical HN commenter says, "Who is Alan Kay?"−ralphw_oz11yThat's truly sad. And ironic.−beastMartin11ySometimes we forget it, I like to see old snippets of code, to learn or for curiosity.
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I did not. Perhaps I was being too harsh to criticize this particular project.
Have you really never heard of DOOM or know how old it is?
I would have thought it was quite well known among the tech crowd, even non-gamers.
Doom was released in 1993. I'm guessing that netheril96 wasn't made until 3 years later.
Tech is a very ahistorical discipline. We don't look back at the "old masters". We reinvent things every generation (or in Javascript land, every week).
As Alan Kay said, Programming is "almost a field" because it forgets its own history. As the now-typical HN commenter says, "Who is Alan Kay?"
That's truly sad. And ironic.
Sometimes we forget it, I like to see old snippets of code, to learn or for curiosity.