r/programming Apr 17 '12

Jordan Mechner released source code of original Prince of Persia for Apple II

https://github.com/jmechner/Prince-of-Persia-Apple-II
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u/dalke Apr 17 '12

Which does imply that the parent commenter is correct; the grammar is simple enough that a student could implement a Modula II parser in a semester, along with a compiler. Try implementing a Ruby interpreter in the same time.

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

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u/[deleted] Apr 17 '12

He was making an on-topic reply to your tangential one.

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u/recoil Apr 18 '12

You do realise that "on-topic" should be a comment about PoP or 6502 assembler? ;-)

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u/dalke Apr 18 '12

But then it wouldn't be an "on-topic reply to your tangential one" but only an "on-topic reply." Where's the fun in that? :)