About the author: Ron penton: currently finishing bachelors degree in comp sci at state university of new york at buffalo. He hopes to have a long career in game dev.
Years ago, in the bad old days, computer languages didn't support recursion. See the section called "The stack" to find out why..
"Old languages stored local function variables in global memory..... without a stack this function works as if variable was static. Obviously this would cause a lot of problems with recursive algorithms.
GOGOOGOGOGOG UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
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Anonymous2008-04-10 18:06
btw those are 2 quotes from the book. First one in "recursive chapter" next one in the appendix section on the stack.
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Anonymous2008-04-10 18:06
Holy anal raping shit. Somebody get this faggot out of the gene pool ASAP.
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Anonymous2008-04-10 18:15
Book Description
"Data Structures for Game Programmers" replaces endless pages of boring text with exciting gaming technology and eye-catching graphics. The complex subject of data structures is made easy to understand and fun to learn. Start with an explanation of how the most popular data structures and algorithms work. Then you're on your way as you create your own! From simple arrays and bit vectors to intense binary tree graphs and hash tables, this book covers it all. It even tackles the algorithms used for sorting, searching, compression, and recursion. Plus, you will actually see each concept put into practice through interactive graphical demonstrations included on the CD!
>>> replaces endless pages of boring text with exciting gaming technology and eye-catching graphics
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Anonymous2008-04-10 18:19
>>4
lol "intense" binary tree graphs and hash tables.
I’ve always wanted to write a book on data structures. However, there is simply no way to do the job right unless you use graphics and animation, and that means a lot of work. I personally think that all computer books will be animated, annotated, and interactive within 10 years—they have to be. There is simply too much information these days to convey with text alone; we need to use graphics, color, sound, animation—anything and everything to try to make the complex computer science subjects understandable these days.
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Anonymous2008-04-10 18:25
>>8
and yet everyone driving real research (except maybe Carmack as an outlier) still puts out plain static b&w papers.
Old languages stored local function variables in global memory.....
What, none of you remember FORTRAN? Or maybe you're all too new to. But yes, books should be books.
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Anonymous2008-04-10 19:12
For values of n that are less than 10, O(2n) is faster than O(n2).
GOGOOGOGOGOG UNIVERSITY EDUCATION
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Anonymous2008-04-10 19:30
Quote from Ron Penton (regarding Silverlight) (emphasis mine): Ok then, waste your time doing things with HTML that it was never meant to do. The rest of the world will be moving onto a system that was actually designed for web applications.
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Anonymous2008-04-10 19:32
>>16
Dear God. Ron Penton has the potential to become a /prog/ idol.
I don't think Ron would approve of this. Also, I think he'd be the first to call his books absolute shit and laugh at you for buying/pirating/etc them.
ITT: You've been elaborately trolled. Enjoy your Silverlight.
>i
You have:
a Ron Penton Coin
a Coffee mug
some data structures
a copy of SICP
>e
You enter Ron Penton's Private Sexy Pleasures. There is a strong smell of smegma in the room.
>l
You are in Ron Penton's Private Sexy Pleasures. You see Ron Penton.
>put coin in Ron Penton
You put the coin in the Ron Penton. Ron Penton notices your data structures and starts peeing in your coffee mug.
>run
You cannot run. Ron Penton is filling the mug.
>PLUGH
You cannot PLUGH. Ron Penton has filled the mug and is staring at your asshole suggestively.
>throw data structures at Ron
You throw several STL structures at Ron Penton. Ron Penton is nonplussed.
>w
You try to go back but shitty collision detection prevents you from doing so. Ron Penton is approaching and licking his LIPS.
>read SICP
You start conjuring the spirits of the computer with your spells. Ron Penton twitches around.
>read SICP
Ron Penton's head has inflated by approximately 350%.
>read SICP
Ron Penton explodes. His guts are all over the wall.
>z
You rest.
>w
Now that the problem has been solved, you start heading back west and take a sip from your mug on the way. OH SHI-
>>89
I did back when the thread was at 30 replies or so (since I talk with him every other day, at least). Apparently my mail got lost somewhere and neither him nor I gave enough of a shit to re-communicate the link.
I'm surprised this is still on the front page, lawds. Ron's gonna piss in your coffee.
>x piss
The piss is yellow. From it are emanating clear lines of strange vapor, like the ectoplasm of a thousand jaundice-ridden ghosts. No container in the world could handle this unholy substance for very long.
As a matter of fact, your coffee cup is shaking slightly. The handle is strangely deformed, its shape approaching the rictus of a sad clown about to rape a child.