quote: Original post by savagerx
After Sun microsystem introduced JAVA donkey years ago, more and more developers(in IT sector esp.) has begun to use JAVA to make their own applications espically for web-based app. because it''s fast and easy. There are also news that developers will be able to create ".EXE" files on JAVA 1.4! and on top of that, Sun is trying to develop Game APIs for JAVA.
The points are:
(1)whether will JAVA take over C++ to becoming
the next main General Purpose Language?

(2)how does that affect the type of language used
to make games?

(3)IF that''s the case, does it implies that we
may have to drop C++ and pick up JAVA?



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C and C++ are the fastest languages next to writing in Assembly or machine code. Java has it''s uses and C++ has it''s.

I happen to think that Java is a great programming language but not really suited to making certain types of games. It''s perfect for creating servlets and JSP web applications but it not''s fast enough, or flexible enough for most games. Java is certainly not crap but if you want to make games C/C++ is a must. Just my two cents.

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quote: Original post by savagerx
(1)whether will JAVA take over C++ to becoming
the next main General Purpose Language?

Keep in mind that C++ is not static either. The language is actively being developed, with some forward-thinking minds (including Bjorne) looking ahead to C++0x - the x indicates it is expected sometime this decade. The intentions are to make C++ (even?) more amenable to systems-level programming: writing device drivers, operating system kernels, etc.

Short answer: no.

quote:
(2)how does that affect the type of language used to make games?

There are different types of games, and different languages are appropriate for programming them - as with all forms of software.

quote:
(3)IF that''s the case, does it implies that we may have to drop C++ and pick up JAVA?

I have to ask you whether you are considering this seriously . C++ will be in use for many years to come, and will continue to improve and become more useful in a wide variety of situations. The usefulness of C++ is validated by the fact that new languages are still being based on it (C#, which is a C/C++ derivative, as is Java .)

There will always be several languages, even when compilers start to speak to us (because then they''ll have to grapple with English, French, Swahili, and other human languages.)

It''s easier to get something started in Java but in the long run, you will find yourself limited by it.

Java to take over C++? For web application and servers, probably. Other things, no.

I wouldn''t trust my important application (ie games) to be written by amatuers who doesn''t know about memory management, byte ordering, etc.

C++, is only just beginning with respect to templates and such. We don''t even have a fully compliant compiler yet!

quote: Original post by Oluseyi
Keep in mind that C++ is not static either. The language is actively being developed, with some forward-thinking minds (including Bjorne) looking ahead to C++0x - the x indicates it is expected sometime this decade. The intentions are to make C++ (even?) more amenable to systems-level programming: writing device drivers, operating system kernels, etc.

Finally I know what they meant with the 0x . Standard cross-platform threading is all I needed to hear to be convinced about C++0x''s possibilities .

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