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DOOM runs and renders inside a Firebird database
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A demo on the Hacker News front page on October 6 runs and renders DOOM inside a Firebird SQL database. It uses Firebird 6 compiled to WebAssembly, so the whole game runs in a browser tab. Game updates and frame output map to database operations: each game tic is a PSQL procedure call, and each frame is a SELECT. The report shows the game running this way inside the database environment.
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Oct 6
- Hacker News front pageDOOM, simulated and rendered inside the Firebird SQL database using WASM
有人在 Firebird 6 编译成的 WebAssembly 里跑起了 DOOM，整个游戏在浏览器标签页内运行，每个游戏 tic 是一次 PSQL 过程调用，每一帧是一条 SELECT。
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