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

Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by typon on Wednesday May 12, 2021 @11:24PM (#27138063)

I don't understand C programmers are their seemingly utter inability to understand that C is actually not perfect and has tons of flaws, including a lot of complexity. Just because you're used to something doesn't make that thing not complex. Try teaching C to first year undergrads.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by kjs3 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:40AM (#27138484)

I don't understand non-C programmers and their seeming utter inability to understand that C programmers are very aware of C imperfections and how to effectively deal with it, while being equally blind to the flaws and complexity in their own environments.

I learned C as a first year undergrad.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by Smithalicious on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:29AM (#27139795)

I'm a final year undergrad and all my courses have used C except for the funcprog and OOP courses which used haskell and Java respectively.

I've even been a teaching assistant for the very first programming course students take, so I have taught C to first year undergrads!

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by smabie on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:14AM (#27138329)

I feel like undergrads learn C in their first year? Or at least I did (well I already knew it, but had a class that was in C).

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by colonCapitalDee on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:54AM (#27139520)

I don't think C is the standard anymore. I'm graduating class of 2022 and my college taught Java to freshmen. My friends at different colleges mostly had the same experience, with a few using Python or C++

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by pta2002 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @09:33AM (#27141869)

This definitely varies by university. I had haskell and C on my first year, only had Java on the second.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by pjmlp on Thursday May 13, 2021 @02:29AM (#27139081)

On my university we learned C++, already with proper strings, vectors, in-house collection library.

About 30 years ago.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by kevinmchugh on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:00AM (#27138241)

C the language is really neat and exciting. C the ecosystem, including standard libraries, is a lot less compelling.

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by monk_e_boy on Thursday May 13, 2021 @04:12AM (#27139665)

I do (well to apprentices who are the same age and same level) I teach about 2 hours a week on c++ and they are fine. They pass the cpp institute exams (which are super hard!)

So unless you actually DO teach then don't assume :)

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by ceceron on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:19AM (#27139323)

Have taught first year undergrads. Highly recommended experience: 5 stars.

C definitely has many flaws, but I wouldn't say complexity is one of them. I wulld rather say it's too simple and one has to add the complexity all by themselves :D

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by reasonabl_human on Thursday May 13, 2021 @12:04AM (#27138271)

Learned C in a class as a first year undergrad, it was great!

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Re:Show HN: I wrote my own RTS game engine in C by IQunder130 on Thursday May 13, 2021 @03:31AM (#27139389)

C was my first language as a first year undergrad, in mechanical engineering to boot. I think I came out of the experience just fine.

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