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[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Remember when Java was going to replace C/C++?

Also, machincode before getting an assembler on the C64! JMP=32 JSR=96

IIRC...

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

PEEK and POKE mostly, and typing hex codes into a special editor. Remember the games and utilities in the magazines? Also, a page of basic 2.0 code to draw a line And the amazing never before available Sprite Development.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Bresenhams line algorithm ๐Ÿ˜, you could invert it to speed it up (Bresenhams slice algorithm)! Also: fill area algorithms!

Fun times

[-] MasterBlaster@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Yes, written by hand. A few years later I was taking courses in high school on an IBM PC in basic and to draw a line with literally a command called line with two points as parameters.

[-] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, no fun at all!

Loads of implementations were buggy too, IIRC.

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