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		terafo on Sept 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What is the coding exercise you use to exp... John Carmack re-implementing Wolfenstein 3D to learn Haskell comes to mind.

sam345 on Sept 14, 2022 [–]

Doesn't seem like a quick exercise to me. LOL.

welcome_dragon on Sept 14, 2022 | [–]

For Carmack it might be a quick exercise. Plus he'll probably fix any bugs in the Haskell implementation he's using

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