RE: [GD-General] C# versus C++ for game engines

[Timur D. <ti...@cr...>]

Unlikely C# will become portable in any foreseeable future,
Which in my opinion will successfully rule it out from majority of game =
engines.

Although language itself is with no doubt very cool.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Javier Arevalo [mailto:ja...@py...]
> Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 5:32 PM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: Re: [GD-General] C# versus C++ for game engines
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> Noel Llopis <ll...@co...> wrote:
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> >> I strongly believe that C# is a worthy successor to C++,
> >
> > This is a serious question, not an attempt at trolling. I have read
> > some about C# and I really don't see what the big deal is for most
> > game programming. The way I see it, changing languages is something
> > that will be painful and cause a medium-term productivity loss, so
> > there must be some *extremely* compelling reasons to change.
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> Overall I like C# a lot, and I think that given a few years to reach
> maturity (anyone remember C++ without multiple inheritance or=20
> templates?) it
> will be a fantastic language. The fact that module interfaces=20
> are compiled
> into the binary instead of relying on the archaic "include" method is
> definitely a huge step forward from C++. Attributes and=20
> reflection should
> make interfacing with other languages / tools much easier,=20
> too. I like the
> fact that some patterns (Interfaces for example) are burned into the
> language.
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> The problems you point out, however, make its adoption=20
> unadvisable for most
> game projects. There is not a lot of productivity to gain=20
> compared to the
> costs involved. I wonder if this situation will remain the=20
> same in, say, 5
> years.
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> > Automatic garbage collection... shrug. It really doesn't seem that
> > much of a big deal. Do people spend all that much time with memory
> > problems in their apps?
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> Certainly not. If a game developer has trouble with memory=20
> management /
> leaks, I'm sure that is only the tip of a huge iceberg of=20
> problems waiting
> to show up.
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>   Javier Arevalo
>   Pyro Studios
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