[MatthTheGeek]

I think it's less about "professionally programmed" and more about "object-oriented".

[Crybertrance]

Dman...That blob in the middle?!? OH THE HORROR!

[Dragon]

Talk about spaghetti logic. Or in this case, spaghetti lack of logic.

[The E]

I think it's less about "professionally programmed" and more about "object-oriented".

Indeed. That blob you see there is the result of 10 years of mostly sound software engineering decisions; this particular form of graph is just the worst possible way of trying to visualize it. If you were to analyze the various subsystems within FSO, the result would look much clearer. It's only when everything is combined into one giant block of stuff that Codethulhu (May his syntax always be valid) appears.

EDIT: For the record, this is Starshatter: http://blueplanet.fsmods.net/E/pics/ssdep.xps.1.png

It looks a lot cleaner to a first approximation, but that cleanness is only due to Starshatter being a one-man project for most of its life, and one that was C++ from the beginning.

[Mastadon]

Damn, that looks worse than a ball of yarn after my cat is finished playing with it!

[assasing123]

Do homeworld 1!!!!!! source is available!
on another note... WTF is that!_ I swear to god I never saw such an atrocity! my eyes are bleeding u.u

[z64555]

I think it's less about "professionally programmed" and more about "object-oriented".

Indeed. That blob you see there is the result of 10 years of mostly sound software engineering decisions; this particular form of graph is just the worst possible way of trying to visualize it. If you were to analyze the various subsystems within FSO, the result would look much clearer. It's only when everything is combined into one giant block of stuff that Codethulhu (May his syntax always be valid) appears.

EDIT: For the record, this is Starshatter: http://blueplanet.fsmods.net/E/pics/ssdep.xps.1.png

It looks a lot cleaner to a first approximation, but that cleanness is only due to Starshatter being a one-man project for most of its life, and one that was C++ from the beginning.

Um... There are nodes that are not named. Censorship or conspiracy by VS'12? 

[The E]

My guess is derp.

[Mongoose]

Codethulhu just about managed to lock up Windows' image viewer.  Clearly his evil tentacles have great reach.

[Droid803]

Um... There are nodes that are not named. Censorship or conspiracy by VS'12? 

There are things written there which the mortal mind cannot comprehend.

[z64555]

Yeah, well at least my laptop's face didn't melt when it opened the .png.

[Cobra]

y'know, the FS2 code looks like something exploding.

[yuezhi]

and i guess somewhere it says "Nuke was here".

[asyikarea51]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand my Firefox breaks 75% into the picture load.

Is that codethulhu or the Milky Way...~~~~???

[FireSpawn]

Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Codethulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn

[chief1983]

If you're looking for an example of 'good code', I'd look for volunteer, NFP projects, not built with a budgeted timeline in mind.  Deadlines are what lead to the corner cutting that gives you that kind of messy code.  Although, Doom 3's source might be a good example, as the engine itself is developed more to Carmack's personal will from what I understand.

[jg18]

Just in case someone hasn't seen it...

Indeed. That blob you see there is the result of 10 years of mostly sound software engineering decisions; this particular form of graph is just the worst possible way of trying to visualize it. If you were to analyze the various subsystems within FSO, the result would look much clearer. It's only when everything is combined into one giant block of stuff that Codethulhu (May his syntax always be valid) appears.

If you're looking for an example of 'good code', I'd look for volunteer, NFP projects, not built with a budgeted timeline in mind.  Deadlines are what lead to the corner cutting that gives you that kind of messy code.  Although, Doom 3's source might be a good example, as the engine itself is developed more to Carmack's personal will from what I understand.

Reading these gave me an idea: The E, could you try running the dependency analyzer on the original code (or the closest we can get to that), maybe SVN r5? I wonder how it'll compare.

[Nuke]

and i guess somewhere it says "Nuke was here".

yea i leave my name all over my bits of code, just so people know who to blame when it eventually goes horribly, horribly wrong.

[yuezhi]

don't feel too bad about it. i believe this is the year we all should realize stuff like this was all for the greater good. otherwise i'd rather blame reds than give you credit.

[redsniper]

... i'd rather blame reds than give you credit.

I don't know what you're talking about!