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As we used to say.
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0·6 months agoLikely a lot of time was spent iterating and experimenting with different ideas, testing out concepts, tweaking, etc. Haven’t played the game but I do work as a software developer.
Carmack actually developed Doom on NeXTSTEP, not Linux. The windows and DOS ports were not released as open source, due to copyright issues concerning the sound library. So they released the source of the Linux port instead. I don’t think it made much of a difference in practice since it was a fairly popular game even before that.
6·7 months agoI have to agree. It’s simply not worth the risk.
Best coverage I’ve seen so far has been on Ars Technica.
Windows 3.1 doesn’t even come with a TCP/IP stack. It’s actually pretty safe.