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John Carmack on mutable variables

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498 points azhenley | 5 comments | 31 Oct 25 02:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | 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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bmitc ◴[31 Oct 25 13:42 UTC] No.45771892[source]▶
People worship this guy, but other than being a good C++ graphics programmer, it isn't clear what he's actually done.
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modeless ◴[31 Oct 25 15:09 UTC] No.45772859[source]▶
His engines are open source, and graphics are far from the only interesting thing about them. If you don't know what he's done that's on you; it's no secret.
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1. bmitc ◴[31 Oct 25 17:44 UTC] No.45774662[source]▶
So again, what has he done successfully besides C++ graphics?
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2. ◴[31 Oct 25 18:11 UTC] No.45774950[source]▶
3. zenlot ◴[31 Oct 25 20:20 UTC] No.45776263[source]▶
More than you will ever do mate.
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4. bmitc ◴[31 Oct 25 21:44 UTC] No.45777044[source]▶
That's not part of my argument.
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5. zenlot ◴[01 Nov 25 07:27 UTC] No.45779844{3}[source]▶
You don't have any argument at all.