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- Sat May 13, 2006 5:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New programming language...
- Replies: 11
- Views: 32456
I think Java is probably easier than C++ too. C++ has the problem that it is (more-or-less) an extension of C, and so all the good symbols were already used, and you end up with things like :: all over the place. And using -> all the time is extremely tiresome and typo-prone. It also muddies the cle...
- Mon Mar 27, 2006 11:10 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Map Makers?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 22801
mappy 1.4 is what I use for all my PCE development (since the compiler understands the format natively) but for PC games, I always make my own map editor since every game demands different specs. You're better off going this route... Mappy is pretty decent. Depending on your requirements, you can g...
- Mon Feb 20, 2006 5:31 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Licenced under "my rules"
- Replies: 30
- Views: 51798
I'm not a fan of Copyleft licenses like the GPL myself. I prefer a license that doesn't force itself on later users of the code, like the BSD, Apache and Mozilla licenses, where derivatives can be made closed again. I like Open Source, but I also like to get the best software possible, and that is h...
- Wed Feb 01, 2006 4:56 pm
- Forum: Pete's QB Site News
- Topic: QB Express #18
- Replies: 10
- Views: 31900
Another interesting issue. A pretty good haul of articles for such a short time. If I have one minor criticism it would be MystikShadows' MIDI article. It misses out a couple of key concepts (byte order and variable-length numbers) and spends too much time on stuff like _MOUSEX which is not that rel...
- Tue Jan 24, 2006 11:44 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: QB Express #18 Deadline: THIS SATURDAY!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 14250
- Fri Jan 06, 2006 3:55 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Programmers
- Replies: 17
- Views: 37418