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June 14th, 2004, 06:39 PM
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
Thank you very much!
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June 14th, 2004, 07:35 PM
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
I'm a programmer and I rather like Python, though I've only seriously used it for one project several years ago. It's extremely flexible about what it lets you do, and it offers strong cross-platform libraries to do all kinds of things.
It's extremely good for fast prototyping, or anything where execution speed isn't critical, but development speed is desired. The cross-platform aspect is great, too.
It was quite easy to learn and use. Also since it costs nothing, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
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June 14th, 2004, 08:24 PM
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
RATS. EotFS was so recently without a publisher? Why didnt we get them signed on here?
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June 14th, 2004, 08:57 PM
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
Hm, I was under the impression that "Stars! Supernova" had publisher problems as well. I haven't checked their site for a long, long time however. For all I know, Mare Crisium dissolved already.
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June 14th, 2004, 10:21 PM
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
Yeah but they want a publisher who will do "advances". Pay them to work on finishing it.
I do think that Stars was a wonderful game. And I would LOVE to see the new one come out, but Im not sure Id want to put MY neck out that far to see it.
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
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Originally posted by PvK:
I'm a programmer and I rather like Python, though I've only seriously used it for one project several years ago. It's extremely flexible about what it lets you do, and it offers strong cross-platform libraries to do all kinds of things.
It's extremely good for fast prototyping, or anything where execution speed isn't critical, but development speed is desired. The cross-platform aspect is great, too.
It was quite easy to learn and use. Also since it costs nothing, it doesn't hurt to give it a try.
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The strong cross-platform libraries is what has interested me since I plan on using this ability quite liberally. I do have somewhat of a concern on execution speed. What have you experienced with execution speed. Comparable to Pascal or Perl? Do you have any references that you reccomend? My skill level I would say is moderate. I know mostly industrial automation Languages such as Ladder Logic, LISP, Pascal and Fortran. I play with C++ but I am stil self teaching myself.
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Re: OT: Flowers for the grave of MoM.
As for execution speed, there are plenty of tests out there. I random one from google is here.
As for cross-platform and as long as you plan to distribute the executables, there are lot of choices, from C/C++ (with XP libraries) to Perl, Python and Ruby. A short breakdown:
C/C++: Nothing beats these beast for availbility of libraries; relatively hard to learn; unparalleled execution speed.
Perl/Python: The two by far most popular scripting Languages. Both offer excellent XP, large libraries, slow execution speed and fast development time. Python is "stricter" and more formal than Perl; otherwise the Languages are very similar in aim&spirit, so pick the one you like the most.
Ruby: Is relatively new. If you don't care about popularity and large libraries, this may be the ticket. It looks really, really cool but I have not yet had the pleasure.
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