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Re:John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrote for a... by sz4kerto on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @11:59PM (#9223515)
Arthur Whitney, author of A+,k and kdb/q always starts from scratch when he develops a new version of his db. From scratch means throwing away even the lowest-level routines like basic string operations and low-level file i/o.
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Re:John Carmack: “I just dumped the C++ server I wrote for a... by swah on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @07:42AM (#9224773)
And the source code is bizarre but... works for him.
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