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In this case, you\'re telling us that performance issues are unacceptable in a debugging build. At this stage, the developer couldn\'t care less about performance, because he has his hands full trying to get his girlfriend back from the pre-alpha.
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In this case, you\\\'re telling us that performance issues are unacceptable in a debugging build. At this stage, the focus is on making the game stable, not on making it perform well.
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Alpha software that isn\'t being marketed as a finished product and doesn\'t contain blatant wtfs in the code itself isn\'t really inside the scope of this article, because it is very unlikely that it\'s actually good - a pre-alpha build that doesn\'t corrupt your database, delete the backup, set fire to your processor, lose all your life\'s savings, alpha strike your office, steal your girlfriend, and leak memory is actually pretty good a lot of the time.
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Unfinished software that isn\\\'t being marketed as [=RC=] or final and doesn\\\'t contain blatant wtfs in the code itself isn\\\'t really inside the scope of this article, because it is very unlikely that it\\\'s actually good - a \\\'half-decent\\\' pre-alpha build is one that doesn\\\'t corrupt your database, delete the backup, set fire to your processor, lose all your life\\\'s savings, alpha strike your office, steal your girlfriend, and leak memory.
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In this case, we\'re discussing performance issues in a debugging build. Not only is the developer unlikely to have even thought about optimising his code yet, but it also still contains large amounts of debugging information and run-time checks. One of the changes that does occur between a beta and an RC is the removal of such things.
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In this case, you\\\'re telling us that performance issues are unacceptable in a debugging build. At this stage, the developer couldn\\\'t care less about performance, because he has his hands full trying to get his girlfriend back from the pre-alpha.
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Since I don\'t want to enter into an edit war over an example, here\'s why I don\'t think Dwarf Fortress, as alpha software, doesn\'t really belong on this page:
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Since I don\\\'t want to enter into an edit war over an example, here\\\'s why I think Dwarf Fortress, as alpha software, doesn\\\'t really belong on this page:
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