On Feb 19, 2007, at 22:05, Daniel Noll wrote:
Sure, so use C++ for the rendering engine, but that's still no
excuse for
using C++ for all the game logic since it will add days of
development time
which could be saved by using a more expressive language. The only
valid
argument against languages like Java is that garbage collection
still stops
the world despite Sun claiming it doesn't. :-)
Well, as someone with much experience with mixing different languages
in a single project (for example, my project in SoC 2006 was of that
sort), I can assure you that it' not really worth it. I agree that C+
+ is ugly as sin and makes everything much more complicated than it
has to be, but writing a bridge between two languages is just about
as ugly (except when you can have no-custom-code bridges like between
Ruby and Objective C, but that's not possible with C++).
Note that this does not apply for scripting languages for game logic
(like lua), but they aren't used for the game code itself, just the
content.
I'm still waiting for a native Ruby compiler, game programming would
be like heaven then :)
Think of the guy who has to maintain the code, too. Nothing sucks
more than
trying to find bugs in C++ code. (Even C is easier...)
According to thedailywtf.com, game code doesn't need to be
maintainable, since you write it once, ship your game, then throw it
away and work on your next game :)
andy
