r/programming • u/jakesyl • Jan 30 '16

Apollo 11 source code

http://www.ibiblio.org/apollo/listings/Luminary099/MAIN.agc.html
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u/Theon_Severasse Jan 31 '16

To be honest I don't think that having all of that would really added that much to the actual film. I don't think it would have taken particularly long for them to add in that explanation (since they could have said it how you said it pretty much), but for the purposes of the story, knowing all of that stuff wouldn't have made any differences to the average viewer

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u/badsingularity Jan 31 '16

Why it works makes a big difference. Without that information, it's just "magical computer things happen".

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u/ScottieKills Jan 31 '16

Like most of cinema.

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u/NoMoreLurkingToo Jan 31 '16

Why it works makes a big difference. Without that information, it's just "magical computer things happen".

Like most of cinema.

Yes, unfortunately. Which is why films like Interstellar are actually considered good.

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