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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: More Fun Stuff From Lunar Lander
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2024 08:19:25 -0000 (UTC)
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On 17 Jun 2024 04:25:50 GMT, rbowman wrote:

> Back at Lunar Lander:
> 
> https://www.technologizer.com/2009/07/19/lunar-lander/
> 
> I downloaded the Vintage BASIC package and the 1969 version and it does
> run.  For kicks I decided to do a Python version. I forgot how hideous
> BASIC was.

There are Fortran and Rust versions already available:
<https://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~storer/LunarLander/LunarLander.html>.

> Spreading out the polynomial might help. For added obfuscation 420
> has Q*Q and 430 has Q^2.

The guy’s father was a physicist, who helped him with the maths. This is 
the kind of code that physicists would write.