[gameprogrammer] Re: C# vs C++
- From: Matthew Weigel <unique@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: gameprogrammer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:34:55 -0600
Paulo Pinto wrote:
True, the new languages, when they appear are a bit slower than the
current ones, but the increase
in productivity compensates the slower speed. And with time, the
compilers and hardware improve
and they are not slower any longer.
The thing is, I used to work in Java (not for games), I've done some C#,
and the increase in productivity... I haven't really seen it. It's
faster to learn Java or C#, you have to worry less about memory (you
still need to think about it more than most do coming right out of
school), but once you're up to speed (and particularly up on templates),
I don't think there's a statistically significant difference.
Maybe it makes sense from a different angle, like who you can hire, or
existing libraries, or binary portability... but pure programmer
productivity? Java and C# and C++ and Objective-C all seem about on par
to me. Use what you like, the performance and productivity differences
are going to depend more on your code than the language.
I'm not trying to make an argument about being just as productive in
assembly as in Visual Basic, or anything like that; I know other
languages where I can work a lot faster than C++ like Perl (and more
modern scripting languages like Python and Ruby that I haven't worked
with). Hell, once you get past the learning curve, I'd put forth Lisp
as fitting into that category as well.
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Matthew Weigel
hacker
unique & idempot . ent
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