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> rants about how stupid everyone else is.

> His favorite target seems to be...drumroll please...large corporation software teams.

I missed the part where he is wrong.

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the part where "he" is wrong, is the part where he tells everyone that his reference software can be compared to a real terminal. You cannot compare shoes with towels, nor cats with a TV. The tiling renderer "he" wrote as part of the reference software to demo isn't that bad as a product (to some degree), but that piece of software is garbage, as it has zero use. And almost none of the techniques "he" brags about can be applied to a real terminal. I mean, I like being educated. But so far, noone of the internet fanboys "he" has, has so far ever provided a real product out of his reference software. Admitted, some people tried (just look around), but they all failed. I wonder why. Do you know it?

> the part where "he" is wrong, is the part where he tells everyone that his reference software can be compared to a real terminal

He very clearly states that his implementation is a terminal renderer.

> And almost none of the techniques "he" brags about can be applied to a real terminal

Elsewhere one of the people from the screenshots says "we implemented the same approach" because these techniques can be and have been applied. Both in Windows Terminal and, as I understand it, in every single modern terminal emulator.

Why is the word “he” in quotes? Are you implying that they’re trnsgnder or something? But you don’t put “his” in quotes, so that probably isn’t why?

It is confusing.

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