[Inquisitor]

C++ most likely. VB isn't very portable

Again, haven't sat down and designed it, but I am thinking that because of the cross platform "requirement" VB is right out

[aldo_14]

Originally posted by Merlin
I hear that ! UML is slow & boring - although there are utilities that allow you to code and generate UML afterwards... but I've never used them.

Togehter Control Centre, one of the most god-awful waste of system resources ever.  Built in Java, which might explain it.

Just as an aside, how good is C++ as controlling memory use, etc, compared to C?  I assume you'll not need to use assembly level coding for this......but if you can find someone to do it, you could really speed it up.  Just don't look towards me

[Nico]

Originally posted by Fozzy
no bodys actualy comfermed what language this will be written in.
 

Assembler?
"runs"

[an0n]

Originally posted by venom2506
Assembler?
"runs"

Do not mock the second greatest programming language ever devised.

[Inquisitor]

To give you some idea of what a modern engine does:

SOME stuff is written in assembler, but MOST everything is C++.

My VS 6 workspace for Torque has a special assembly custom build step, I never touch the assembly though.

C++ handles memory as well as you tell it to

[CP5670]

Assembler is one of my favorites, second only to Mathematica. (trying to learn some more)

[Nico]

Originally posted by an0n

Do not mock the second greatest programming language ever devised.

nah, you misunderstand me: assembler is probably the best language, I've been told ( coz it uses direct orders to the CPU or something like that so it's very efficient), but my brother told me it was amongst the hardest to code. So -> lot of work

[Kazan]

ASM (assembler) is only faster than C++ in the hands of an überguru -

we're using C++, as for high-speed memory allocation - leave that to me boys.. i'm familiar with the case studies in Order(1) [static sizing, ie knowing before hand how much you need] and Orger(log n) [dynamic sizing] for memory allocation

VB doesn't have anything resembling performance or stability


ok... hmm.. wee need to get our heads togeather.. i need to learn how to use CVS

[an0n]

Originally posted by venom2506
assembler is probably the best language, I've been told ( coz it uses direct orders to the CPU or something like that so it's very efficient), but my brother told me it was amongst the hardest to code. So -> lot of work

COBOL is the best. |>|-|34/2 it.

ASM is so low level you might as well just have an on-off switch infront of you and keep flicking it. It's the lowest level language I know of but it's soooooooo good (if you can find and interrupt list to work with). Everything has to be manually assigned so it'll only do what you specifically tell it to. Very good.

[Nico]

Originally posted by an0n

COBOL is the best. |>|-|34/2 it.

ASM is so low level you might as well just have an on-off switch infront of you and keep flicking it. It's the lowest level language I know of but it's soooooooo good (if you can find and interrupt list to work with). Everything has to be manually assigned so it'll only do what you specifically tell it to. Very good.

oh yeah, I forgot you knew everything about anything.
I look at what everybody says, and you're the only opne to think that. I'll just ignore you, so sue me
Go back and spam with Stryke9.

[Stryke 9]

Pbbbbt.

[an0n]

Originally posted by venom2506
oh yeah, I forgot you knew everything about anything.

Damn straight.

I look at what everybody says, and you're the only opne to think that.

Think what?

I'll just ignore you, so sue me
Go back and spam with Stryke9.

It's not spam. It's carefully calculated chaotic humour.

[CP5670]

It's the lowest level language I know of

That's what I like about it; gives you full control over your program.

[Stryke 9]

Originally posted by an0n

It's not spam. It's carefully calculated chaotic humour.

Listen to the man!:D

[Stryke 9]

I think Venom is just being cranky and needs a nap. Too bad there's no more nice, restful VBB to go piss off to.

[WMCoolmon]

Originally posted by Kazan
ok... hmm.. wee need to get our heads togeather..

*points*
Of course, it has ads, but that's what I get for hosting with netfirms.

[Kazan]

actually... from what im looking at with the installation routines for GLUT on linux... bah

we should just make two versions of the initialization function for our class OpenGLRenderer with conditional compilation directives

[Assassin]

Plenty of LODs to allow lots and lots of ships involved, alongside being able to be Alpha 3, or Epsilon 7, not damn Alpha 1 all the time! I want to be a peon.

OFC I'm too tired to say anything remotely helpful and non-newbieish, sorry guys.

[Kazan]

yeah simply compiling GLUT on linux is a *****.. because they have there library references ****ED UP

[Kazan]

scratch that.. incomplete