They're mostly not exactly prose but remember this was almost 40 years ago when the dominant style of writing code in some places was still ye olde K&R C with one letter variable names and goto everywhere
Would love to see Carmack's commit messages. Just the other day I unsuccessfully tried to look for pictures of his office newer than QuakeIII era. Want ti figure out his ergonomics for working (presumed) 10h days well into middle age.
They "made something ~100 tflops faster" and peoples' comments are "their commit messages are bad"? You guys would hate how John Carmack worked, too