Re: Another open source programming tool
- Posted by unsteady May 12, 2016
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.... when you look at the beauty of the games it produces ( http://www.starwraith.com/ ), then it must be doing something right. Also when DBP compiles, it adds in all the models and graphics at compile time, and this takes quite some time to do.
Clearly the ease with which DarkBasicPro produces quality good looking games is a major factor that drives users to it. Ie the end product justifies the cons.
DarkBasicPro produces great looking commercial quality games. What does Euphoria do - is it too general purpose?
Chris
I have not used Darkbasic. However, if it is very good for game programming, then it means it has very very good math library and very fast too. It also means it has ways of accessing and manipulating the screen which in Euphoria, you/we can only dream about
Somebody mentioned that the compilation in Darkbasic is too slow.
Well, computing requires that programmers spend time creating a program. Their time is of no great importance to the end user. In this instance, what I mean is that the end-user is the ordinary guy who is going to use the program you create in Darkbasic or Euphoria. So it really does not matter if Darkbasic or Euphoria was created after 10 years' effort, or that a particular game or program takes 50 days to develop 5 minutes to compile each time. The person who is going to use that game or program is the one who is going to do it hundreds of time and his/her time is the important consideration. And remember, most good programs are used by hundreds and thousands of users, so if your work saves their time than your 5 and 10 minute compilation time is not wasted.
