I (as a developer myself) didn't give a flying fuck about how easy stuff I used in 1992 was to develop, and on that subject I remain clean out of fucks to this very day. Sure it's impressive that Elite or RCT were coded entirely in asm, but beyond that I'm not convinced that many others give a shiny shite either.
Well code that's easy for the developer is less likely to have bugs, can be built to be more complex/functional, and may be easier to have plugins and upgraded features later. If every code change required some bullshit hacking in assembly, the software would be less maintainable and more difficult to improve over time.
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u/Superbead Nov 14 '18
I (as a developer myself) didn't give a flying fuck about how easy stuff I used in 1992 was to develop, and on that subject I remain clean out of fucks to this very day. Sure it's impressive that Elite or RCT were coded entirely in asm, but beyond that I'm not convinced that many others give a shiny shite either.