30 Jan
2003
30 Jan
'03
4:57 a.m.
On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Lawrence Walker wrote:
> bigger German demo programmer whose name escapes me . Some of their
> sound-light programs are even now astounding. This was on-the-edge shit
> and for the most part seems to be dying (what do you do when not coding
> boring stuff) in favor of repeating some hi-paying sort of state
> propaganda shit based on GI-Joe.
On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Sellam Ismail wrote:
They still have a lot of "Demo Parties" in
Europe where folks get together
and program pointless "demo" programs to show off their skills and what
they can do with old machines.
This is a phenomenon that unfortunately did not make its way over to the
US :(
In Chicago the Commodore folks get together once a year (Mid Sept
normally) for an expo and demo coding is always included in the bill.
JP