Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[J-P. Rosen]

id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
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Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Mr. Man-wai Chang]

On 7/03/2017 9:47 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Doom-3
>

But why? Other than for fun? :)

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Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Lucretia]

On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:15:25 UTC, Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:
> On 7/03/2017 9:47 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> > id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Doom-3
> >
> 
> But why? Other than for fun? :)

Why not? Ada is perfect for games as it is for many other areas.

Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Luke A. Guest]

polymorph self <jackvanc3@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 12:38:57 PM UTC-5, Lucretia wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:15:25 UTC, Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:
>>> On 7/03/2017 9:47 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>>>> id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
>>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Doom-3
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> But why? Other than for fun? :)
>> 
>> Why not? Ada is perfect for games as it is for many other areas.
> 
> Does ada have nice abstraction like lisp and haskell?
> 

Why? C and C++ dont and people write games in those.

Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Per Sandberg]

Abstraction of what ?

Den 2017-03-12 kl. 06:51, skrev polymorph self:
> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 12:38:57 PM UTC-5, Lucretia wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 7 March 2017 15:15:25 UTC, Mr. Man-wai Chang  wrote:
>>> On 7/03/2017 9:47 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
>>>> id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
>>>> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Doom-3
>>>>
>>>
>>> But why? Other than for fun? :)
>>
>> Why not? Ada is perfect for games as it is for many other areas.
>
> Does ada have nice abstraction like lisp and haskell?
>

Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Shark8]

On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 8:15:25 AM UTC-7, Mr. Man-wai Chang wrote:
> On 7/03/2017 9:47 PM, J-P. Rosen wrote:
> > id Tech 4 / Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada
> > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Ada-Doom-3
> >
> 
> But why? Other than for fun? :)

At about 15:30 --
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Q9-ftiPVQ&nohtml5=1
-- one of the things he's talking about is using static analysis [PCLint] and finding an enumeration from a totally different enumeration-set being assigned to some variable in a game.

Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Olivier Henley]

On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 2:52:01 PM UTC-5, Shark8 wrote:
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Q9-ftiPVQ&nohtml5=1

At 16:20 he says he would rather program in Ada if...

For big games Ada support on console is problematic. 
For hiring, any decent C++ programmers can get up to speed in Ada in no time, really. The clarity and correctness way compensate any transitioning pain. 

Re: Doom 3 Is Being Rewritten In Ada

[Luke A. Guest]

Olivier Henley <olivier.henley@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tuesday, March 7, 2017 at 2:52:01 PM UTC-5, Shark8 wrote:
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00Q9-ftiPVQ&nohtml5=1
> 
> At 16:20 he says he would rather program in Ada if...
> 
> For big games Ada support on console is problematic. 
> For hiring, any decent C++ programmers can get up to speed in Ada in no
> time, really. The clarity and correctness way compensate any transitioning pain. 
> 
> 

Not anymore, Xbox, PS4 are amd64 and switch is ARM, gcc supports both. Gcc
would need minimal porting effort or just use bare metal and build a custom
RTS.