The demise of the low level Programmer. « #AltDevBlogADay

The demise of the low level Programmer. « #AltDevBlogADay

When I started programming many of the elements we take for granted now, did not exist. There was no DirectX and not many compatible libs were available for the free compilers of the day. So I had to write my own code for most basic programs, keyboard handlers, mouse handlers, video memory accessors, rasterizers, texture mappers, blitters… the programs I wrote then were 100% my own code and I had to be able to handle anything and everything.

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So here goes… a list of things I believe all console programmers (and recommend to all programmers as good reading) should fully understand with links to educate where possible.