Re: Ada suitablity as a game dev language

["John B. Matthews" <nospam@nospam.com>]

In article <41a152c2$1@x-privat.org>,
 Jeff Houck <jhouck@northrim.net> wrote:

> 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!

I've enjoyed tinkering with linxtris:

<http://sourceforge.net/projects/linxtris>

-- 
John
jmatthews at wright dot edu
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