Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C

Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by visualradio on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @03:27PM (#27134203)

Before substantially modifying the language, make sure your parser can still load vanilla C header files with no new features.

This way if you accidentally create a new language, programmers will still be able to load existing C header files without having to manually write and maintain FFI bindings.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by tomcam on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @08:48PM (#27137121)

Adding multiple return values creates a new language

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by visualradio on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @10:03PM (#27137634)

The more relevant issue is whether or not it preserves backwards compatibility. It is possible for their compiler to continue to consume existing ANSI C and C99 header files and source code, without requiring the programmer to manually write FFI bindings and wrappers to call regular C functions as is the case in many other high-level languages, and also without adding as many features as C++.

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