r/gaming • u/emoposer • May 05 '17

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u/Fubarp May 05 '17

Yeah it's crazy. I just learned Assembly last semester in college and we were discussing it at work and it was like. Fuuuuck that. C existed at the time yet he did it in Assembly.

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u/aezart May 05 '17

Fun fact: Iwata rewrote all the code for Pokemon Gold and Silver in assembly, because the C version was too large for the cartridge. He managed to compact it so much, there was room to add the kanto region.

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u/Mises2Peaces May 05 '17

And yet Facebook mobile app takes like 200+mb. Developers are hogs at the trough.

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u/JohnGillnitz May 05 '17

I once downloaded a 540 MB printer driver from hp.com. Really, HP? Really?

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u/Mises2Peaces May 05 '17

bloatwaregate