Re: Ada suitablity as a game dev language

["stephane richard" <stephane.richard@verizon.net>]

"Jeff Houck" <jhouck@northrim.net> wrote in message 
news:41a152c2$1@x-privat.org...
> Greetings Ada NG,
> I'm new to Ada but have 15+ years background in C/C++ and x86
> assembly. I skipped Pascal and Java(yuk)and have used the usual scripting 
> languages, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk, etc...
>
> I'm bored with coding C/C++ and would like to try something new... 8^)
>
> Anyway, I'm really intrigued by Ada and I'd like to "go out on a
> limb" and see how Ada measures up to C/C++ for game development. I'm
> thinking about both the 2D and 3D regimes, such as an isometric style
> game in 2D and a FPS for 3D.
>
> You don't see Ada mentioned anywhere (that I know of) in game development 
> circles. Is there a specific reason why?
>
> I'd like to hear from any in this NG with an opinion or insight on the 
> subject. Thx!
>
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Hi Jeff,

If you go to my website (http://www.adaworld.com) in the Ada Projects then 
Binding Projects page....you'll see a project of interest there...AdaOpenGL

Likewise, in the library projects you'll see one called Engine_3D  this one 
is 100% Ada...no dependencies on other libraries, and you'll see it's got 
alot to offer.

Hope this helps.