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The AI rewrote his 2010 student game in a new language and ported it to Android

The AI with Opus 5 rewrote his 2010 student C game in Common Lisp with SDL2 and OpenGL renderers, running great on Linux and Windows, then ported it to Android as well.

How it works

  1. The AI with a top model rewrites his 2010 C game in Common Lisp with modern renderers
  2. It runs great on Linux and Windows
  3. Then it is ported to Android as well

Why it’s worth knowing

A student project outlived its language thanks to one rewrite.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on news.ycombinator.com. See the original ↗

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