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The story of Max, a real programmer

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129 points surprisetalk | 1 comments | 30 Jun 25 12:57 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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jonstewart ◴[03 Jul 25 12:09 UTC] No.44454173[source]▶
Max wrote a simple php script. Mel wrote delay loops by accessing previous memory addresses on drums. They are not the same.
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wwfn ◴[03 Jul 25 12:29 UTC] No.44454315[source]▶
I didn't get the reference. For anyone else in my shoes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_Mel
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1. stuartd ◴[03 Jul 25 12:49 UTC] No.44454482[source]▶
I remembered this story the other day but couldn’t remember the name - and then coincidentally came across this link to it! https://users.cs.utah.edu/~elb/folklore/mel.html