Are you saying that if we both know a commonly used language, and I were to need help with something I could not grasp in language B, you could give an example in language A, I would understand how it works, and could then write it in language B more easily? This makes sense. Thanks.
--- Laughter is the best medicine. Look around you and find a dose. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gamers Discussion list" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:01 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] we need your help! > Hi Claudio, > > Quote > First of all, c or c++ is niot a language to beginn!! > End quote > > That is very true, but I feel you have completely missed my point as to > why it is important that you know C++ even if you never plan to use it. > My disagreement is not with you using Basic 4PPC. I've been doing some > research into it, and indeed it is very much a beginners language and > seams easy enough to understand. I can understand and can clearly see > why you like the language. > My point, though, was that most game documentation, quality game > documentation, from real professionals is all written in C++ examples. > If you insist on only using a Basic level language then your > documentation and programming growth will be stunted and limitted to > that Basic level knowledge. > For example, let us say some day you ask me to help you get a good book > or tutorial on game math and physics. Knowing you want all samples and > explanations to be written for Basic 4PPC I wouldn't be able to help you > as there is not a huge library of resources on the subject, and I am > certainly not going to translate everything into that programming > language for one user. > However, if you were skilled, at least knew C++, I could give you a > number of game books on the same subject. One of the ones I use all the > time is Programming Math and Physics by Wendy Staller. Yes, the entire > book uses C++ all the way through the book to explain the various > formulas and functions. I am skilled in C++ so can ttranslate everything > into whatever language I need to use. It has opened many doors for my > programming education that otherwise would have been closed off for me. > > Quote > The code is very hard to understand and if you dont have very huge > knofledges in programming you wuldn't understand it. > End quote > > Yes and no. It is true that C++ can be frustrating and difficult to > learn for a new programmer. However, as for the part you need to have > huge knowledge in programming to understand it that is completely false > from my point of view. When I was in college around 1997 or 1998 when I > took C++ I was very new to programming. I didn't know anything in > programming other than the 12 week course I had on Visual Basic 5 the > quarter before. The difference between you and I was I wasn't a quitter. > I didn't look at it the first day and say this is too hard and quit. I > will admit it was rough, but I learned it with little to no programming > experience behind me. > Just to give you an idea of how much I got thrown at me the college > course I took was held three days a week, for four hours a day, over a > 12 week period. In short I got the entire C++ programming language > thrown at me in the span of three months on a schedule with other > classes and homework piled on top of it. Even with all that I learned > the C++ language and completed the course with high grades. It may have > been difficult, but it wasn't as bad as you make it sound. > This might sound harsh, but I don't intend it to be taken that way. I've > just heard a lot of this is too hard, that is too hard, I can't do it > attitude with not a lot of effort on your part. If you really want to > know what hard feels like take a full schedule of classes at your local > college plus learn C++ at the same time with the same schedule I > described above. I garentee you would have a completely different > attitude on the subject. Learning the programming language with a full > schedule, plus keeping your grades up, is not as easy as taking on a > programming language in your free time if and when you feel like working > on it. > Cheers. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the > list, > please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
