From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,41100a78496a4c71 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-04-01 14:18:26 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dennison@telepath.com (Ted Dennison) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: AdaGames Date: 1 Apr 2002 14:18:26 -0800 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <4519e058.0204011418.2b5105ff@posting.google.com> References: <98104da8.0203280310.143a1c18@posting.google.com> <3CA3CE3A.FA587CCD@san.rr.com> <3CA51876.58FCFA50@san.rr.com> <4519e058.0204010623.10f1c17a@posting.google.com> <3CA891B7.80873820@san.rr.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.115.221.98 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1017699506 14518 127.0.0.1 (1 Apr 2002 22:18:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 1 Apr 2002 22:18:26 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:21958 Date: 2002-04-01T22:18:26+00:00 List-Id: Darren New wrote in message news:<3CA891B7.80873820@san.rr.com>... > Ted Dennison wrote: > > programmers value speed far too highly to even consider using a > > scripting language like TCL. > > Kind of depends what kind of game you're talking about, doesn't it? ... > > Java would be more workable, but still > > has a reputation for sloth that would have to be overcome. > > Methinks you've never actually tried either to see if it would work. First off, I wasn't saying that Java is too slow. I was saying that its *reputation* for slowness would be an obstacle for its acceptance among speed-obsessed game programmers. I never said I agreed with that reputation, just that its the case. Ada has different but equivalent unearned reputation problems to live down. Secondly, it turns out that youthinks wrong, because I *have* actually tried writing simple games in both. I happen to be a bit of a fan of both languages. -- T.E.D. Home - mailto:dennison@telepath.com (Yahoo: Ted_Dennison) Homepage - http://www.telepath.com/dennison/Ted/TED.html