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-Thread: 103376,d32116f6f91c319f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Path: g2news1.google.com!news4.google.com!news.glorb.com!cyclone1.gnilink.net!gnilink.net!cyclone.rdc-nyc.rr.com!news-east.rr.com!news.rr.com!news-server.columbus.rr.com!fe2.columbus.rr.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "John B. Matthews" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada suitablity as a game dev language References: <41a152c2$1@x-privat.org> User-Agent: MT-NewsWatcher/3.4 (PPC Mac OS X) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 03:00:10 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 65.31.62.213 X-Complaints-To: abuse@rr.com X-Trace: fe2.columbus.rr.com 1101092410 65.31.62.213 (Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:00:10 EST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 22:00:10 EST Organization: Road Runner High Speed Online http://www.rr.com Xref: g2news1.google.com comp.lang.ada:6313 Date: 2004-11-22T03:00:10+00:00 List-Id: In article <41a152c2$1@x-privat.org>, Jeff Houck 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: -- John jmatthews at wright dot edu www dot wright dot edu/~john.matthews/