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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by tehwalrus on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @04:40AM (#15548436)
> "It's like programming languages, sure you can do anything in D&D (≈ Java, perhaps?)"

I love it. But I would choose different languages:

AD&D: C

D&D 3.5: C++

D&D 4: Java/C#

D&D 5: C++11

Fate Core: Python

:)

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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by artimaeis on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:18AM (#15549805)
In fairness to Java/C# I think D&D 4 might be better represented as Scratch.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scratch_(programming_language)

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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by a-saleh on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:51AM (#15550090)
I actually heard that D&D 4 was even more rule-based/tactics ... so maybe even ADA? :D
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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by KON_Air on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:40AM (#15548958)
C# should cover everything (or GURPS), it can do anything, if you can keep up with its caprices (a billion rulebooks) and afford the hardware (7/24 caffeine injections) to keep it going.
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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by tehwalrus on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @06:57AM (#15549024)
I would compare GURPS to lisp, given that it tried to encompass any possibility with increasing complexity!
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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by Yuioup on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @08:33AM (#15549492)
D&D First Edition is Assembly?
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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by artimaeis on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:21AM (#15549830)
I think most of the time AD&D is referred to as First Edition.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Editions_of_Dungeons_%26_Drago...

But to extend on your point - maybe Original D&D is like Forth in this analogy?

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Re:The Uncanny Resurrection of Dungeons and Dragons by walshemj on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @09:29AM (#15549898)
depends when you started 1st ed for me was the 3 brown books
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