John D. Carmack quotes - page 2

The biggest problem is that Java is really slow. On a pure cpu / memory / display / communications level, most modern cell phones should be considerably better gaming platforms than a Game Boy Advanced. With Java, on most phones you are left with about the CPU power of an original 4.77 mhz IBM PC, and lousy control over everything. (John D. Carmack)
A large fraction of the flaws in software development are due to programmers not fully understanding all the possible states their code may execute in. View quote
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Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do. View quote
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Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming. View quote
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Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul. View quote
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The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other. View quote
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These are things I find enchanting and miraculous. I don't have to be at the Grand Canyon to appreciate the way the world works, I can see that in reflections of light in my bathroom." View quote
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Story in a game is like a story in a porn movie. It's expected to be there, but it's not that important. View quote
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I was sort of an amoral little jerk when I was young. I was arrogant about being smarter than other people, but unhappy that I wasn't able to spend all my time doing what I wanted. I spent a year in a juvenile home for a first offense after an evaluation by a psychologist went very badly. View quote
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... I do hear sometimes from programmers who are kind of sad that they don't have the opportunity to write game engines from scratch like I did and have it matter or make an impact... here's where some perspective really helps - I can remember when I was a teenager, I thought I had missed the Golden Age of 8-bit. And all of these are amazing! So, yeah, the opportunities that I had aren't there for people today - but there are new and better ones. And personally, I'm more excited about these than anything that's come before. So, thank you very much for this honor, but I'm just getting started. View quote
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Rocket science has been mythologized all out of proportion to its true difficulty. (John D. Carmack)
I'd rather have a search engine or a compiler on a deserted island than a game. View quote
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Everybody's saturated with the marketing hype of next-generation consoles. They are wonderful, but the truth is that they are as powerful as a high end PC is right now. View quote
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Everything is an interpolation problem if you have enough data. View quote
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