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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by Piskvorrr on Sunday November 12, 2017 @11:19AM (#15681304)
That's "without prerequisites" nowadays? Interesting. In my world, this requires installing one of the most complex pieces of software in existence (a web browser, plus its dependencies), on top of a graphical OS (also a highly complex network of interdependencies).
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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by Turing_Machine on Monday November 13, 2017 @10:10AM (#15686953)
> In my world, this requires installing one of the most complex pieces of software in existence (a web browser, plus its dependencies), on top of a graphical OS (also a highly complex network of interdependencies).

In most people's world (where "most" is probably > 95%), their computer comes with those things already installed.

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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by Piskvorrr on Wednesday November 15, 2017 @11:39AM (#15705051)
Complex architectural stacks have costs beyond install in most people's world: how many layers of indirection between <canvas> and actually drawing on the screen? That's a lot of cycles spent doing busywork.
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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by Something1234 on Sunday November 12, 2017 @01:11PM (#15681811)
Yeah, but installing a browser is easy, compared to setting up depends for other environments.
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Re:A Universe in One Line of Code with 10 PRINT by owl57 on Sunday November 12, 2017 @02:01PM (#15682039)
There's the same implied prerequisite as with BASIC: you need a personal computer. I mean, you seem to know how to uninstall the browser from your laptop, but is not doing that a meaningful prerequisite?
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