Re: Tic Tac Toe Quest ... game programming in C?

Jul 31, 2026 Last reply: 2 months ago 8 Replies

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Johann 'Myrkraverk' Oskarsson

Not at all. You seem to believe in /beautiful mathematics/. Why don't you prove some linear algebra then? What is your favorite linear algebra textbook? I don't need to subscribe to more newsgroups, but I'll keep those in mind, thank you.

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> I recommend the exercise. It's quite different from the "normal" type
> of programming we do in every day programming. At least, those of us
> who don't work at gaming companies.
>
> In comp.lang.c, I recommend starting with /SDL Game Development/ by
> Shaun Mitchell. I prefer that book over the lazy fu tutorial, or what-
> ever it's called.

Gaming programming and related graphics are very related to cartoons, animation, robotics and puppeteering (muppets). :)


It's like shuffling playing cards.



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Not at all. You seem to believe in /beautiful mathematics/. Why don't you prove some linear algebra then? What is your favorite linear algebra textbook?

I don't need to subscribe to more newsgroups, but I'll keep those in mind, thank you.

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Computer graphics and A.I. in some ways are just mathematics, beautiful or not.

And gaming theories in economics and maybe medicine notably vaccines? :)

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You spelled VAXen wrong. I was not aware of any gaming VAXen. Is there already a VAX in the Raspberry form factor?

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LOL!

I wouldn't think it would take much to write a VAX emulator to run on a Pico..

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I think you mixed up my reply with another thread about VAX and maybe "VAXen".

I and my classmate did write a simple line editor using Pascal in a VAX environemnt (VAX/VMS?). My copy of its source codes were lost.

I knew another classmate doing a final-year project using VAX as well, about converting a distribution graph back to a spreadsheet.

vax pascal - Google 搜尋

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vax/vms - Google 搜尋

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For your curiosities:

VAX vs Raspberry Pi - Which is Faster? - ShopTalk! - YouTube

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I Bought a $200K VAX on eBay – Now It Runs My Smart Lights! - YouTube

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Don't Tell My Wife! I bought ANOTHER $100K VAX on eBay! - YouTube <>

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I haven't watched those videos yet. In the mean time, you can have a screenshot of my VAX emulator project. It's written in C and C++, so almost on topic here.

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I believe I did not share this screenshot before on comp.lang.c.

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More power to your elbow on that one!

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