[EPILEPSY WARNING] How fast should an unoptimized terminal run?

Why it was recommended

Casey spent <1 week making RefTerm, a skeleton proto-terminal with the same constraints Microsoft people had

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What it covers

Casey Muratori shows how fast a terminal renderer can run, building a simple reference renderer that handles Unicode and colored text far quicker than Windows Terminal. He. It is for someone who already knows the basic terms and wants the next step.

Video details

Channel

Molly Rocket

Length

51 min 4 sec

Year

2021

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