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Then vs Now (startrek.website)
submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/gaming
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 11 months ago (1 children)

People who think modern coding practices are bloated should study why certain speed running mechanics work. A lot of them stem from things we would never do today. We've removed entire classes of bugs by using "bloated" languages and tools.

[–] Buck 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

But we introduce entirely new classes at the same time.

A Cuphead dev reacting to Cuphead speedruns is an interesting watch because he explains why all the tricks work.

[–] [email protected] -5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not really. We have more bugs because there are more lines of code.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

And fewer lines of coke.

[–] TheBat 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS! DEVELOPERS!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I vaguely remember this. What is it from again?