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0 pointsraverbashing1y ago0 comments

> The mainstream game programming doesn't use C at all. (Source: I had been a gamedev for almost a decade

Game programming changed a lot, parent is talking about stuff older than 10 yrs

There was a lot of PC gaming in C/C++, and "Engine" were developed together with games for the most part. Think all the Doom and Quake saga

That's what he's talking about

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lifthrasiir1y ago

Most libraries mentioned in the GP are less than 10 years old, except for perhaps stb libraries (dates back to early 2000s). Single-header libraries are definitely a recent phenomenon, possibly inspired by stb libraries after all.

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lifthrasiir1y ago

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