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Software engineers are facing an 'identity crisis bordering on depression,' Menlo Ventures partner says (www.businessinsider.com)
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[–] 1 point 4 months ago (4 children)

Remember when Java was going to replace C/C++?

Also, machincode before getting an assembler on the C64! JMP=32 JSR=96

IIRC...

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    PEEK and POKE mostly, and typing hex codes into a special editor. Remember the games and utilities in the magazines? Also, a page of basic 2.0 code to draw a line And the amazing never before available Sprite Development.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (2 children)

    Bresenhams line algorithm 😁, you could invert it to speed it up (Bresenhams slice algorithm)! Also: fill area algorithms!

    Fun times

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