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Kotaku[^]:
This is a story about Doom 3's source code and how beautiful it is. Yes, beautiful. Allow me to explain.... I've never really cared about source code before. I don't really consider myself a "programmer." I'm good at it, but for me it's just a means to an end. Going through the Doom 3 source code made me really appreciate good programmers.

Be sure to check out Carmack's response in the comments. He likes the code, too.

Ew, not enough vertical whitespace, unreadable. Dead | X|

One thing I agree with is, "Choosing to use printf() instead of stringstreams makes their code easier to read"

The biggest take away I get from this is that people's abilities evolve as they gain more experience. As this was fairly new stuff for Carmack, it's easy to see why he did it the way he did - the code would be a whole lot different if he did it now. The same could probably be said about any developer with 10+ years experience in a language.

*pre-emptive celebratory nipple tassle jiggle* - Sean Ewington

"Mind bleach! Send me mind bleach!" - Nagy Vilmos

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