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50th Anniversary of BitBLT

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by ChrisArchitect

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Happy BitBLT Day to all who celebrate https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/11/happy-bitblt-day-to-all-who...

by lalalandland

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Interview with Dan Ingalls here where he talks about inventing BitBlt
www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102738237/

by uticus

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First time I heard of BitBLT was the Win-11-breaking-ColorForth discussion at https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45953001

by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF

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43FF's Law: You can measure software complexity by the number of nested for-loops.
The first for-loop appeared around in 1957 in FORTRAN.
In 1975, Smalltalk having two nested for-loops was a grand breakthrough.
Now in 2025, our most advanced AIs run on for-loops nested 6 or 7 deep. Who knows what the future may hold?

by snvzz

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A routine often used for intellectual property theft*.
It will copy any image, irrespective of the copyright owners' desire.
*copyright infringement.