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The Fortran I compiler would expand each operator with a sequence of parentheses. In a simplified form of the algorithm, it would

• replace + and – with ))+(( and ))-((, respectively;
• replace * and / with )*( and )/(, respectively;
• add (( at the beginning of each expression and after each left parenthesis in the original expression; and
• add )) at the end of the expression and before each right parenthesis in the original expression.

Although not obvious, the algorithm was correct, and, in the words of Knuth, “The resulting formula is properly parenthesized, believe it or not.”[8]

interesting to think about what would have happened if a seriously left-wing government won an election in a western european country during the cold war. the cia had set up stay-behind groups, so…

pepsi max tastes really nice if you add elderflower cordial to it

the Ouya? you mean the American Zeebo? Brazil wins again

the OpenGL state machine rabbit hole goes so deep, I wonder how gamedevs ever managed to survive it

emulator dev: here's an easily reproducible shader compiler crash
intel: are you an aaa game developer
dev: what
intel: ok i guess we'll close this then

yikes

https://twitter.com/SheriefFYI/status/1656689822759792640

Regarding the notion that a program shouldn't crash at all, the argument is there and just in some regards. However, I can edit the memory of any program to crash it. How do you think you could prevent that?

upcoming touchHLE game? (this is not Default.png!)

unsettling dental clinic slogan: We Create Grimaces 😬

I love the GLSL and GLSL ES specs. they're maybe the only Khronos specs that are a joy to read.