Re: Interested in starting some basic development

[Jorrit Tyberghein <Jorrit.Tyberghein@uz.kuleuven.ac.be>]

Borko Jandras wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 15, 1998 at 06:32:29PM -0500, Jeff Read wrote:
> > Hey! Don't knock C++. Used properly, it can be your friend. :) One of
> > the absolute WORST examples I've seen yet of C++ is the MFC classes. But
> > my project, GAMES, uses C++'s object-oriented features to build a
> > general-purpose game framework that isn't too hard to grasp. It isn't
> > perfect, but it certainly beats trying to retrofit object-oriented
> > concepts onto straight C. An arcade-style game is perhaps one of the few
> > applications where object-oriented programming really shines, and
> > procedural programming makes it a bit more difficult. And when it comes
> > to object-oriented languages, for the right balance of object-oriented
> > power, portability and speed (a critical factor in any game) C++ is
> > among the best of your available choices.
>
> I'm not knockicg anything, I'm just being realistic. C++ is my worst nightmare.
> I've been stuck with it some time, and I still have bad dreams because of it.
> OK, this is my opinion, and I welcome everybody to theirs, but making a
> framework on C++ is depriving me my choice of language. I have to choose not to
> choose that framework. :) So, there goes GAMES.
>
> The solution? Write it in C, and make wrappers for C++, Java (JNI) or, look
> what I have up in my sleeve: Objective-C. Yes, Objective-C! My choice of OO
> language (next to Java, but Java is (still) not usable for games because of
> it's speed, or better to say, it's lack of it).

Why not write in C++ and make wrappers for C, JAVA, ...? That's also possible.
I think if I would have written Crystal Space in C instead of C++ I would never
gotten as far as I have now.

C++ is a language that you have to use very carefully. But if used correctly
it can really help you. But don't go overboard on all those exotic features.

Greetings,

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