On: The genius of binary space partitioning in Doom (2...

[coliveira]

When Carmack did his work, the computers he had were 386/486 class. So the distinction you're making doesn't make sense. Working code is code that works in the computer you have at the time you're writing the software.

[sagacity → coliveira]

There is a distinction between 'working code' and 'working code that runs at interactive frame rates in a severely memory-constrained environment'.

[bombcar → coliveira]

Doom was technically developed on NeXT workstations, but it had to perform well enough on a 386 (even if in a reduced window).