Random Chitchat 2012-2016

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I decided to document some of the more involved algorithms in the wiki. I've always enjoyed reading algorithm descriptions from other people, especially Minecraft-related algorithms, so it's about time I've shared my knowledge back. And because I've written those algorithms and actually made them usable in MCServer puts me in quite a unique position, because I can evaluate those algorithms' efficiency and their fitness for real world application. None of the articles I've read did actually try to do that, and it's one of the most important measures of how good an algorithm is. What's the point of having a real good world generator, if it can't generate more than one chunk per second?

I hope this will, in time, become a good technical read for anyone tech-savvy. It'll take a lot of time, though, so patience...