McRae: Are We Removing What Defines Arch Linux? [LWN.net]

McRae: Are We Removing What Defines Arch Linux?

Posted Aug 19, 2012 14:45 UTC (Sun) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784)
In reply to: McRae: Are We Removing What Defines Arch Linux? by Kamilion
Parent article: McRae: Are We Removing What Defines Arch Linux?

That's not a Nethack variant. That's a new roguelike. (Which, for good measure, runs on a rather more restricted set of platforms than Nethack.)

If you want to understand what I'm talking about, read the Nethack source code. Bringing a bottle of brain bleach might be advisable.

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McRae: Are We Removing What Defines Arch Linux?

Posted Aug 19, 2012 21:55 UTC (Sun) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

There's nothing wrong with the nethack source code! (As long as you consider that e.g. modifying string constants is "not wrong"...)

The nethack source is very like nethack itself: an intricate and wonderful maze filled with treasure and surprises and hidden secrets and traps and terrifying monsters of every kind. I actually prefer reading the nethack source to playing nethack. (But perhaps I am strange.)