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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 1 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.216s | source
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lopatin ◴[31 Oct 25 03:07 UTC] No.45767913[source]▶
How fast this got to the top, you would think John Carmack just invented nuclear fusion.
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devnullbrain ◴[31 Oct 25 12:47 UTC] No.45771426[source]▶
I was part of the Carmack cult but the illusion was broken when I saw him use the same authoratative tone on a subject I'm more knowledgable about.
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1. maleldil ◴[31 Oct 25 15:44 UTC] No.45773350[source]▶
Good old Gell-Mann Amnesia! It doesn't mean he's incompetent in his core area of expertise, though.