DOOM Using Regular Expressions
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Programmer Artem Litkin has unveiled "DOOM on regex," a project that runs the classic FPS "DOOM" using only regular expressions, the same tools used for searching and replacing strings. DOOM on regex encapsulates everything—registers, RAM, frame buffers, the DOOM game itself, and WAD data—into a single string of approximately 96.6MB, creating a virtual computer that runs on just 544 substitution rules. Drawing one frame of DOOM requires approxim…
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Tom's HardwareDaring coder gets Doom running with regular expressions at 180 seconds per frame, like playing 'correspondence chess with a shotgun' — nearly 14 million substitutions to render a frame at 80,000 substitutions per second
Running the 1992 Doom on the most random piece of hardware around has become probably the most common unofficial programming challenge. We've seen the game running on anything from toasters to an Anker charger, and even a pregnancy test. Enterprising coders also get it running on the weirdest software possible, and just recently Artem Lytkin got it running in regular expressions. Developers in the audience are probably recoiling in horror, as th…
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