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Programmers port original Doom to run in SQL

Original: We ported the original Doom to SQL Article URL: https:// cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinat

CedarDB developers have ported the original 1993 id Software shooter Doom to SQL, running the game entirely through database queries. The team published a blog post explaining how the classic title can execute inside a SQL engine, and the project is being discussed on Hacker News, where commenters are weighing in on the technical feat. It is the latest in a long line of quirky ports of Doom to unlikely platforms.

Why now: Porting Doom to absurd platforms is a popular programming tradition, and a fully working version inside SQL is a novel technical achievement

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• We ported the original Doom to SQL Article URL: https:// cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom/ Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9948300 Points: 5 # Comments: 3 https:// cedardb.com/blog/sqldoom/ # Tech # Technology # TechNews # AI # Gadgets # Software # Cybersecurity #… · techwire@gamefan.net · 2

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