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Me and some of my friends are creating a game, but our programming knowledge is virtually non-existent. If you know what the best programming language to use is, or know a program that might help, could you leave your thoughts here or e-mail me at: [email protected] Thanks.
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gamezfreak wrote:
> #include
> #include
>
> main() {
> printf("Hello, press enter to program game");
> getche();
> program(awesomegame);
> return awesomegame;
> }
Doesn't compile :O[[[
> #include
> #include
>
> main() {
> printf("Hello, press enter to program game");
> getche();
> program(awesomegame);
> return awesomegame;
> }
Doesn't compile :O[[[
Something weird happened the other day; I finished typing out an essay, and after checking, realised on several occasions that I used semi colons instead of commas. Weird.
#include
#include
main() {
printf("Hello, press enter to program game");
getche();
program(awesomegame);
return awesomegame;
}
#include
main() {
printf("Hello, press enter to program game");
getche();
program(awesomegame);
return awesomegame;
}
Well it is *the* language used for the defence industry, so I guess security and stablity has to be laboriously high.
Icaruss wrote:
> Nope, it's SPARKada, a subset of ada. THe pre/post conditions aren't
> necessary in ada I know, but apparently for more robust code SPARK
> makes this compulsory.
Ye gods...
Do they force you to program it blindfolded, underwater, and using a keyboard with all the letters rearranged as well?
> Nope, it's SPARKada, a subset of ada. THe pre/post conditions aren't
> necessary in ada I know, but apparently for more robust code SPARK
> makes this compulsory.
Ye gods...
Do they force you to program it blindfolded, underwater, and using a keyboard with all the letters rearranged as well?
Nope, it's SPARKada, a subset of ada. THe pre/post conditions aren't necessary in ada I know, but apparently for more robust code SPARK makes this compulsory.
Icaruss wrote:
> Java is just so much more beginner and developer friendly that Ada,
> with ada you have to include compulsory pre and post conditions in
> order for the compile to be successful,in addition to including
> asserts and derives, even though they have nothing to do with the
> bare operation of the code.
While I don't disagree with the essence of your post, I don't think you're thinking of Ada, as it has none of the above. Are you confusing it with PROLOG/Haskell/Lisp?
> Java is just so much more beginner and developer friendly that Ada,
> with ada you have to include compulsory pre and post conditions in
> order for the compile to be successful,in addition to including
> asserts and derives, even though they have nothing to do with the
> bare operation of the code.
While I don't disagree with the essence of your post, I don't think you're thinking of Ada, as it has none of the above. Are you confusing it with PROLOG/Haskell/Lisp?
Java is just so much more beginner and developer friendly that Ada, with ada you have to include compulsory pre and post conditions in order for the compile to be successful,in addition to including asserts and derives, even though they have nothing to do with the bare operation of the code.
For someone who wants to see results fast (and without resorting to the visual packages), Java is the best. And what Miserableman said, the docs are great.
For someone who wants to see results fast (and without resorting to the visual packages), Java is the best. And what Miserableman said, the docs are great.
Notorious Biggles wrote:
> There is a reason it is so widely used for teaching, and that is that
> the very natural syntax makes it easy to understand the concepts.
> Once you understand that, the rest is just memorising the syntax of a
> language. And it always helps the old motivation if you can get
> something up and running fairly quickly.
My overriding memory of programming in Ada is the sheer frustration of working with strings or arrays, because of strict bounds-checking. The syntax derives from Pascal, which contains more words than the more symbolic C++/Java, but puts you at a disadvantage if you want to work in more mainstream languages in the future.
> I actually never recommended they start learning Ada, just that
> it was probably the best high level language to start learning,
> rather than say Java.
Java wins over Ada simply because its documentation is the best of any language, and the whole thing is spiked to make you program properly without blocking your progress the whole time.
Although apparantly you can earn a fortune in the defense/aviation industries if you're really good at Ada.
> There is a reason it is so widely used for teaching, and that is that
> the very natural syntax makes it easy to understand the concepts.
> Once you understand that, the rest is just memorising the syntax of a
> language. And it always helps the old motivation if you can get
> something up and running fairly quickly.
My overriding memory of programming in Ada is the sheer frustration of working with strings or arrays, because of strict bounds-checking. The syntax derives from Pascal, which contains more words than the more symbolic C++/Java, but puts you at a disadvantage if you want to work in more mainstream languages in the future.
> I actually never recommended they start learning Ada, just that
> it was probably the best high level language to start learning,
> rather than say Java.
Java wins over Ada simply because its documentation is the best of any language, and the whole thing is spiked to make you program properly without blocking your progress the whole time.
Although apparantly you can earn a fortune in the defense/aviation industries if you're really good at Ada.
Get Blitz Basic.
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