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Programmers port the original Doom to SQL

Original: We ported the original Doom to SQL

Developers have ported the original Doom to run on SQL, documenting the project in a blog post on the CedarDB site. The classic 1993 shooter has famously been run on calculators, printers and ATMs, and running it inside a database engine is the latest entry in that tradition. Tech communities are sharing and debating the work, with readers discussing how game logic was expressed through queries.

Why now: The Doom porting tradition keeps drawing attention, and running it in a database engine is an unexpected technical feat

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