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Re:TerrariaClone – An incomprehensible hellscape of spaghett... by b0rsuk on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:10AM (#15463405)
John Carmack's advice (I don't remember exactly):

"If you don't know which way is better, do it both ways and compare."

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Re:TerrariaClone – An incomprehensible hellscape of spaghett... by mikenew on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:13AM (#15463417)
What if you're not sure which of 17 different ways is better?
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Re:TerrariaClone – An incomprehensible hellscape of spaghett... by TeMPOraL on Friday October 13, 2017 @01:41AM (#15463503)
Spend a few minutes thinking about the problem in order to reduce those 17 ways into ~3-5 ways, and then apply Carmack's advice.
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