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tomcam on Dec 13, 2024 | parent | context | favorite | on: Fixing the Loading in Myst IV: Revelation

> the author explains they used a tool called Luke Stackwalker to profile the game

Can anyone confirm my memory that Microsoft had a tool called Luke Heapwalker in the mid-1980s, and that Lucasfilms demanded they change the name?

keyle on Dec 13, 2024 [–]

I can't find an exact story but this pdf [1] has a foot note about the naming being changed (search for Luke).

[1] https://libros.metabiblioteca.org/server/api/core/bitstreams... [pdf]

tomcam on Dec 13, 2024 | [–]

Many thanks. I love the whole book.

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