RE: [GD-Consoles] question: Embedded scripting language on console

[Michael P. <MPo...@cy...>]

Hello Lagarde
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On one of our past games, we used Java & C++.  The main issues we ran
into were:
- Duplicated entity structs in both Java & C++.
- The run-time performance of switching back to and forth was expensive.
- The designers just didn't have the experience writing solid, fast
code, compared to the years the programmers did.
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Needless to say, we'll be looking at a scripting system very carefully
before going back to it.  We're leaning towards programmers writting
everything in C++, but with more of a data driven approach.
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If I'm not mistaken, one of the Jax and Dextor games used a lisp system.
(Check the post mortem's in Game Developer). There was an older game,
Abuse, by Dave Taylor's crack.dot that was written in Lisp as well.
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Cheers

	-----Original Message-----
	From: Lagarde S=E9bastien [mailto:Lag...@wa...]=20
	Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 5:33 PM
	To: gam...@li...
	Subject: [GD-Consoles] question: Embedded scripting language on
console
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	I looking for some information on existing embedded scripting
language on console (ps2, gc).
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	My goal is to design some behavior with UML state diagram then
generating the code for the
	scripting language. I have found that Java or python are
appropriate language (with rational rose , together soft etc...)
	but after some research i have this result:
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	java is use in Vampire the masquarade base on embedded java
language and JNI. But no information
	on other game (PC or console).
	Is java interpreter (jvm) can be support on console because the
lack of ressource ?
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	python is use in many PC game , again i found only few console
game base on python scripting
	but i think some use it.
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	I want use a popular existing language in order to each new team
member are quickly functionnal
	so no proprietary language.
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	In last is multithreading in scripting language (like java) can
be emulate on console
	for a real-time game ?
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