Thread: Tell me about C/C++

Just js is a very very simple object oriented language. java and C++ are insanely complex and powerful.

khh, you are refering to scripting languages, I've written 5 of them myself for various reasons. Yeah, those can be weird sometimes.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Just js is a very very simple object oriented language. java and C++ are insanely complex and powerful.

Yeah, I know but the stuff you learn is transferable :p

Originally Posted by ninja9578

khh, you are refering to scripting languages, I've written 5 of them myself for various reasons. Yeah, those can be weird sometimes.

Aye, that's why I wrote "programming" in quotation marks.
But did you really write 5 complete scripting languages? Why on earth would you need five of them?

php has had a full object model since v5 (2004)
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/oop5.intro.php

Gemini BASIC - A very simple calculator BASIC language for a GUI that I wrote for a Dev Engine
Cardinal BASIC - A more advanced BASIC language for Gemini's replacement
Inspiration Script - A scripting language for a game engine that I never released
Mini MIPS - For a class in college, based on MIPS Assembly
LiveScript - Scripting language for my company's engines, I also now use it for personal project

Originally Posted by Ynot

php has had a full object model since v5 (2004)
http://uk3.php.net/manual/en/oop5.intro.php

It's still very primitive when compared to java or C++.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

It's still very primitive when compared to java or C++.

Oh absolutely,
I'm just saying though

(plus OOP somehow seems wrong with web development - I don't know it just doesn't feel right somehow)

Originally Posted by Ynot

(plus OOP somehow seems wrong with web development - I don't know it just doesn't feel right somehow)

But you can use php as a scripting language on your computer, though, like python or perl or whatever. It's actually surprisingly suited for it.

Originally Posted by ninja9578

Gemini BASIC - A very simple calculator BASIC language for a GUI that I wrote for a Dev Engine
Cardinal BASIC - A more advanced BASIC language for Gemini's replacement
Inspiration Script - A scripting language for a game engine that I never released
Mini MIPS - For a class in college, based on MIPS Assembly
LiveScript - Scripting language for my company's engines, I also now use it for personal project

Why so many BASIC languages? And why did you have to invent your own language each time? For some of the projects, like the game engine, wouldn't it be better to just implement LUA or something?

Originally Posted by Ynot

Oh absolutely,
I'm just saying though

(plus OOP somehow seems wrong with web development - I don't know it just doesn't feel right somehow)

Not really, the DOM is object based

Originally Posted by khh

But you can use php as a scripting language on your computer, though, like python or perl or whatever. It's actually surprisingly suited for it.


Why so many BASIC languages? And why did you have to invent your own language each time? For some of the projects, like the game engine, wouldn't it be better to just implement LUA or something?

Because the first two were a long time ago when I didn't have understanding of how compilers worked.

And LiveScript is designed for graphic designers to understand, so it has to be simple and not be too "programming languagy," which python and perl are.

Does all this shit become more clear when taught by someone in university?

I fucking hope so... or else I applied to the wrong dam course.