On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 12:39 PM, Ian Kelly <ian.g.ke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 1:00 PM, Chris Kaynor <ckay...@zindagigames.com> > wrote: > > Python is pretty good base-line language. It is really good as a glue > > language to piece together other components, or for IO-bound or > user-bound > > code, but will not preform well enough for many other applications such > as > > games. It is good for short parts of games, but a full next-gen engine > would > > be much too slow if written in pure Python, however Civilization 5 uses > > Python as its scripting language. There are also libraries available that > > can provide enough performance to do basic games in Python. > > Correction: Civilization 4 used Python for scripting. For Civilization > 5 they switched to Lua, I believe for performance-related reasons. > I stand corrected. A quick search shows you are correct, for all of Civ4 using Python, Civ5 using Lua, and the primary reason being performance.
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