56,000 lines of DOOM, in a language I made up

3 hours ago

bet is a small, real programming language designed as a contained experiment.
It compiles to native code via LLVM, self-hosts, manages memory, and can run DOOM.
The language uses arena allocation (called cribs) for efficient memory management in games.
DOOM was fully ported to bet with over 56,000 lines, achieving bit-for-bit identical gameplay.
The project was built with no prior research and gated solely by tests, without code review.
It served as a joke, an experiment, and a learning experience, with no plans for further development.

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