Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use?

Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by ygd_coder on Sunday October 18, 2009 @04:38PM (#888786)

Contrary to popular belief. Java is actually pretty good.

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by aceofspades19 on Sunday October 18, 2009 @07:24PM (#889056)

I suppose if you like over-engineering

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by ygd_coder on Sunday October 18, 2009 @07:59PM (#889119)

Over-engineering? You're confusing me with one of those guys that has to do a UML diagram before he can start coding.

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by aceofspades19 on Sunday October 18, 2009 @08:18PM (#889150)

I was mostly referring to the language. The standard library that comes with Java is over-engineered to the point of absurdity

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by lincolnq on Sunday October 18, 2009 @11:41PM (#889424)

Not _quite_ to the point of absurdity. I kinda like it. Admittedly, I dislike it when I have to instantiate four classes to read the contents of a file. But I have also used the same flexibility to great advantage, and been burned in other languages when the standard library wasn't flexible enough.

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by aceofspades19 on Monday October 19, 2009 @10:47AM (#890142)

What languages are these? because I have never used a language where the standard library was not flexible enough.

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Re:Ask HN: If C++ is so bad, what should game developers use? by artsrc on Monday October 19, 2009 @02:26AM (#889617)

If Java is good, then why isn't Scala better?

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