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video games and programming languages
Jul 8, 2011 at 5:04am
when it comes to ps3, xbox 360 games such as call of duty black ops, halo reach, street fighter 4, fallout 3 ect ect...what language(s) do you think they are programmed in and why? also, what compilers do you think they use?
Jul 8, 2011 at 5:07am
I think the above games were programmed iiiinnnnnnn: Malbolge.
Jul 8, 2011 at 5:32am
I did a google search for Malbolge... lol
What the f?
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Language: C++
Reason: It has a cool name.
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Language: C++
Reason: It has a cool name.
Jul 8, 2011 at 7:38amclosed account (S6k9GNh0)
Most games now a days are C/C++. There's a movement towards C#, Java, XNA/C++, etc. You'll find a lot of C and C++ programmers moving in the opposite direction of the movement, and a lot of newer programmers moving with it.
C/C++ is relatively low level and allows for heavy optimization. However, it can become complex and has larger production time.
Java, C#, managed C++ are becoming more popular mainly because of fast production time. It has nothing to do with efficiency a lot of the time. Java, C#, etc. are easier to work with, do not require as much experience, and has a larger margin for screwing up. For those who do care about efficiency and still use the given languages, it's because of the idea of the heavy concepts used are viable today now a days due to increasingly optimized hardware. Even though we really aren't at that stage yet (obviously), a lot of people seem to want to believe that despite production software often showing performance problems when using such languages, especially when poorly used. Virtual machines also introduce optimizations that are rather difficult to implement with low-level languages.
I code my games in hex. I'm a real programmer.
C/C++ is relatively low level and allows for heavy optimization. However, it can become complex and has larger production time.
Java, C#, managed C++ are becoming more popular mainly because of fast production time. It has nothing to do with efficiency a lot of the time. Java, C#, etc. are easier to work with, do not require as much experience, and has a larger margin for screwing up. For those who do care about efficiency and still use the given languages, it's because of the idea of the heavy concepts used are viable today now a days due to increasingly optimized hardware. Even though we really aren't at that stage yet (obviously), a lot of people seem to want to believe that despite production software often showing performance problems when using such languages, especially when poorly used. Virtual machines also introduce optimizations that are rather difficult to implement with low-level languages.
I code my games in hex. I'm a real programmer.
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Jul 10, 2011 at 4:19pm| computerquip wrote: |
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| I code my games in hex. I'm a real programmer. |
What?! Wimp, real programmers write straight binary...
Jul 10, 2011 at 5:18pmclosed account (zb0S216C)
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| What?! Wimp, real programmers write straight binary |
Actually, they use punched cards.
Wazzak
Jul 10, 2011 at 5:35pm
I feel like a hardcore real programmer right now. I just got my new keyboard: http://bit.ly/rdYRdw
Mind you, I've already got my eyes on some nice butterflies...
As for the OP, I'm guessing quite a lot of games are C++ and DirectX. The Source engine uses DirectX on Windows, and the SDK uses C++.
I know FarCry 2 uses DirectX. Neverwinter Nights uses SDL (and OpenGL, I would guess). Those are the only examples I can think of off the top of my head.
Mind you, I've already got my eyes on some nice butterflies...
As for the OP, I'm guessing quite a lot of games are C++ and DirectX. The Source engine uses DirectX on Windows, and the SDK uses C++.
I know FarCry 2 uses DirectX. Neverwinter Nights uses SDL (and OpenGL, I would guess). Those are the only examples I can think of off the top of my head.
Jul 10, 2011 at 6:00pm
I noticed that were going back to the idea of a real programmer, and I think I stick with Albatross's theory with the NSA.
Jul 10, 2011 at 6:08pm
Seriously, I'm happy to take all the programming comforts I can get. That's why I basically chose my IDE on the basis of code prediction and help popups =P It's also why I'm learning D this summer :D pun intended
Jul 10, 2011 at 6:19pmclosed account (zb0S216C)
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| I'm learning D this summer |
I've already tried the D language. I actually liked it. That said, I might consider moving back too it. Thanks for the reminder, Xander :)
Wazzak
Jul 10, 2011 at 7:29pm
D-IDE is the only IDE I've seen with ribbons. I'm not sure I like it, but you've got to hand it to the designers for trying. I haven't seen much of D yet, but it looked like it might be a slightly more friendly language than C++, while staying a bit more C-ish than C#...
Jul 10, 2011 at 9:09pmclosed account (S6k9GNh0)
D is fun. It's rather irritating that it's impossible to optimize a lot of the time and the language is constantly changing. I used D2 and I remember being told to do something a certain way one week and the very next day, I was told that it had changed and there was a new way to accomplish something.
There's also a problem that there isn't really any build system that satisfied me at all. The way a program is structured is also relatively confusing to me since I'm so used to C++ instead of Java and D style file setup where the implementation is referenced directly instead of through a header file.
There's also a problem that there isn't really any build system that satisfied me at all. The way a program is structured is also relatively confusing to me since I'm so used to C++ instead of Java and D style file setup where the implementation is referenced directly instead of through a header file.
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