Which source code snippet do you admire the most?

Posted by nihilanth on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:37PM
from the self-post dept.

I’m trying to crowd source a compilation of the most admired pieces of programming. I’m looking for snippets (or single files), not complete systems (e.g. Linux).

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Re:Which source code snippet do you admire the most? by uberman on Thursday November 26, 2020 @12:45PM (#25222073)

Doom's Fast Inverse Square:

https://medium.com/hard-mode/the-legendary-fast-inverse-squa...

Though a close second for me would be Mersenne Twister

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mersenne_Twister

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Re:Which source code snippet do you admire the most? by nihilanth on Thursday November 26, 2020 @01:09PM (#25222256)

Voodoo black magic :)

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