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[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Bonus frame:

The 2000 line file is one function

[–] JATtho@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

That implements a ******* VM in which all of the byte code runs in, and rest of source is just byte code listings that the linker magically gathers into a working program.

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 4 points 15 hours ago

What’s a hunter2 VM?

[–] mdhughes@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 hours ago

Oh, so you worked with my ex-coworker.

It implemented a database. Giant branching if/for loop.