> I was inspired to investigate the original HELLO.C for Windows 1.0, a 125 line behemoth that was talked about in hush tones.
Should that have been "125k line"? Not to get too pedantic, but the units seem needful for "behemoth".
Should that have been "125k line"? Not to get too pedantic, but the units seem needful for "behemoth".
#include <SDL/SDL.h>
int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
int gogogo = 1;
SDL_Event event;
SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVERYTHING);
SDL_WM_SetCaption("Hello World! :D", NULL);
SDL_SetVideoMode(800, 600, 32, SDL_HWSURFACE);
while (gogogo) {
SDL_WaitEvent(&event);
if (event.type == SDL_QUIT)
gogogo = 0;
}
SDL_Quit();
return 0;https://www.badprog.com/c-sdl-simple-directmedia-layer-hello...
Edit: In the decades since nothing has changed in my mind. The messy Windows boilerplate code that made up the other 120 lines or so should have been refactored architecturally and hidden by a framework, API call, something, anything.
It just took me a few years (or maybe decades) from reading about it to actually try it.