Re: RE: [GD-General] DLLs for game objects

[Brian H. <bri...@py...>]

>this still sounds extremely clunky compared to a scripting=
 language
>that requires zero compilation time and can be comprehended by=
 most
>level designers - not just c++ programmers...

I think you're making some blanket assumptions here.  

1.) Scripting languages are not necessarily more comprehensible=
 than 
compiled languages.  They CAN be, but not always.  

2.) Scripting languages still need to be processed.  They can=
 either 
be byte compiled -- which is a compilation phase -- or they might=
 
break during interpretation, which is harder to find than a=
 compile 
time error.

3.) the entity DLLs don't have to contain all the relevant=
 aspects of 
the entity.  As mentioned elsewhere, the DLLs can contain the=
 more 
low level functionality and you can data drive the other aspects=
 
using something a lot friendlier than a scripting language (cf.=
 the 
prior discussions on property based systems).

Brian