On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:12 AM, Froglegs
<lugtug@gmail.com> wrote:
Indeed. And this is usually just to mitigate the fact that C++ is so crap
at this sort of code. Maybe D will be tolerable, and this breaking out to
script won't be necessary? (though I'm dubious)
Yeah C++ is a migraine for that type of code:( I think D would be nicer than C++ for gameplay code, but another reason for scripts is the ability to modify the script while the game is running, and just the general lack of compilation time which is soo nice.
Perhaps if D gets ported to mono? Though even then I think I'd prefer Lua, since it is quite good at acting as both a language and data description.
D currently does several things that I would find useful doing game logic level code (my day job) and if it were simultaneously able to keep engine coders and people like me happy I can see a future for it. These are the things I see as important.
Fast vector/matrix maths. (thankyou Manu for getting the ball rolling on this)
some form of realtime friendly (semi) automatic memory management.
Ability to write correct code easily.
Ability to drop down to the metal style coding if there is a serious bottleneck and a deadline.