Bellard is a genius. Carmack's modesty about his own genius is impressive too.

fdsfsdsd 8 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

"He is almost certainly a better overall programmer than I am."

That is a work of art in and of itself. It's genius narcissism.

"almost certainly", "overall programmer", are we really going there? Are we 16?

Why even do the comparison? Fabrice is not a "programmer". He is an engineer. Programming is a medium he often works in and that medium is completely meaningless in and of itself. I would be offended if someone called me a "programmer".

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gmm1990 an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

I wouldn’t call comparing yourself to Fabrice Ballard and not just saying he’s a better programmer modest.

	▲	uberex 38 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Yeah he phrases it odd. Like with the "almost certainly" and "overall" qualifiers. Not "he is a better programmer than I would dream to be..."