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I didn’t mean business processes, but the actual knowledge on how to do something.

Saying we know how to weld so we can build a tank is like saying we know C++ so we can build a new unreal engine.

If epic games went out of business, and no one worked on game engines for 30+ years, the knowledge would be lost. Even if the source code or “schematics” are available.

You need to know why things are the way they are, why decisions were made, what the limitations are, etc.





What I mean is the base knowledge and components are still there that make building a thing possible.

If nobody built a game engine in 30 years we could still build another game engine. Knowledge will be "lost" but the capability is still here.




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