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Markus Döbele wrote: |
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> The code I think is not the problem. But I think it is still a lot of work. |
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> By the way I don't like C too much (we had a C Version once and only |
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> encountered problems all the time :-( Buffer overflows and all this nice |
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> stuff is a big problem of this language!) |
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> Maybe a C Fan is reading this and likes to do it. |
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> I started as a Assembler Programmer on the Atari ST (68000 Rulez!!!) |
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> But all this is too much effort. Purebasic has a very syntax and for a basic |
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> dialect a very good performance. |
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Well, the code IS the problem. As you see, Nick Rout has already made an ebuild, |
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but the code is a real problem. |
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Lets deal with the most obvious problem with not being able to compile your |
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sourcecode - Archs different than x86. PureBasic seems to be able to compile for |
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Windows, AmigaOS, and Linux/x86. What about Linux/PPC (Linux on Apple) users? |
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Theres quite a few of them. They can't run your game without an emulator... |
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Yes, is pretty low-level, and you have to take care of your own memory... But |
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coming from an assembler you should be used to this, right? |
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Anyway, I can perfectly understand your aversion from C... |
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The "best" languages to write a cross-platform application with are (I'm |
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probably going to get flamed missing some, but anyway) C, C++, Java, Python, and |
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Perl. |
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Ruling out C (you don't like it), C++ (Too much like C, and we don't need OO |
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anyway), Java (Too bloody slow), we are left with the interpreted languages, |
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Python and Perl. |
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I would suggest Python, as it has a very nice syntax and is quite easy to pick |
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up. Its slower than asm/c, but it may be faster than you expect. |
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Overall, I suggest using C and SDL, coupled with a good debugger (gdb is good, |
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and I hear valgrind is bloody awesome for memory related issues), but if you |
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decide you don't want it, Python is good too. |
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Binary packages are fine, but generally considered to be evil. |
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