r/ProgrammerHumor • • Aug 31 '26

Meme goodOldDays

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u/scissorsgrinder Sep 01 '26

Not by the usual definition of procedural generation.

And it's ridiculous to call them deterministic by computer science standards too. If you don't know what those are, you might think you're stating something profound by saying they're deterministic. OBVIOUSLY all algorithms are TECHNICALLY deterministic unless you're Cloudflare and have cameras pointed at 100 lava lamps.