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by microcolonel 3234 days ago
> My feeling as well. In my heart I am really happy that Lazarus (and Harbour, the Clipper-compatible compiler) exist, but being rational the days of desktop applications are over.

Oh boy, I hadn't heard about Harbour until now; earlier today I was looking at the Wikipedia page for id Tech 5, and it says it uses Clipper so I was really scratching my head wondering how they pulled that off and why. Now I know, thanks for mentioning it. :- )
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Jack4E4B 3234 days ago
Just you wait edge computing will move a lot of power to the client... it's coming, especially for AI, cars and any intelligent device.
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int_19h 3234 days ago
Wait. Why would a 3D game use Clipper? What for?
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microcolonel 3234 days ago
That's what I was wondering, I'm thinking of tracking down whoever added that to the Wikipedia page, because I don't know how they found out.
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justin66 3233 days ago
I very strongly suspect that some confused person (or algorithm?) saw that that the level design tool Radiant has a "clipper" and ran with it.
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microcolonel 3233 days ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Id_Tech_5&diff=pr...

Hard to say, bots usually have usernames, so probably a person.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/99.100.1...

They also seem to have added a similar section to the id Tech 6 article, it's possible they're just an insider.

https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2015&diff=prev&ol...

But looking at other edits from this address it sees like they might just be a vandal; or at least somebody who is very confused about how Wikipedia works.

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