Kayoz
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1.) Ancient stuff is bad? Then let's look at COBOL for a moment. If you learned it back than you'd know much more about the tiny pieces of programming that are automated in the present. Why should i ignore the past or whipe it out of my memory. You speak of low level control..couldn't laugh more. And guess what..there are big companies still using COBOL.
Thee's a huge difference between maintaining a legacy financial system and developing a NEW game. If you're developing a NEW game, there's no logical reason to use an ancient tool. Given your stance, you'd use COBOL to rewrite DW. Sorry kid, but C++ is FAST and flexible. You need to optimize a section of code, you can tweak it to your heart's content - or if you're really daring, drop into inline asm if you think you know better than the compiler. Once again, you CANNOT do that with COBOL.
Now, is speed necessary? Working in the financial industry, it most certainly is. Why do you think the larger trading houses have their servers in the SAME BUILDING as the stock exchance servers? It's because their software is designed to take advantage of small variations in prices, and 1/10 of a second can mean the difference between a profit and a loss in some cases - and if you're doing millions of trades an hour, that adds up. Now let's bring this back to gaming - is speed important? Would you try to write the Crysis 2 engine in COBOL? Given what you've said, I rather suspect you would...
As to low level control, I'm at a loss to understand your humour. You laugh at low level control? You think writing device drivers is a giggle? It certainly would be in COBOL or C# - the giggling of a madman, that is.
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2.) When did i say that i worked in the industry? Having a project or doing "indie" work isn't the high ranking industry or maybe it is..depends on how you see it. But then again your very much blind. When did i say that i used A* in a game or intended in doing so?...i dreamed about it..so what?
You brought the dream up. If it wasn't relevant, then it had no place. I dream of bending Michelle Rodriguez over a table and shagging her roughly from behind - that doesn't make it relevant to DW. Now that you've been caught out with your lies, you're trying to wriggle about by stating that your contradictory statements had no bearing on the discussion. That's a rather wretched attempt at an excuse.
But back to your lie, you claimed to "work in this industry" - implying that you're currently working in a professional capacity as a programmer. Perhaps you think that dabbling with some open-source project qualifies you to identify yourself as an "industry member" - I posit that given your membership criteria, the janitor at the local solicitor's office can claim to be working in the legal industry. Your presentation of your industry affiliation is misleading and so vague as to be meaningless.
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4.) Then stick to C++. Your very much the ignorant here. A good comparison between C++ and C# is. "If you want to go to from greece to paris you could take the train, car, ship..whatever suits you...that's C++" and i'll take the plane because it's a direct route and fast...that's C#. And if you claim to know every bit and piece about .NET to be able to justify C++ being better than your very much lying. Do you know how huge .NET is ...boy? You could very well make anything in C#/.NET and you still can decide if you'd go managed or unmanaged
Programming languages are TOOLS to develop software. They are means to an end, not ends in themselves. If you're writing a little calendar reminder app for your desktop, then by all means use Visual Basic, as it's probably a lot quicker to develop. But if that calendar is the production control of an automated production line that requires millisecond response times - then VB is probably a BAD choice. I have in the past, and currently work in an industry where speed is paramount - the issue that is paramount in the majority of game development. Look at Elite II - with its scale and physics - all bundled up on a single floppy disk and running on a C-64. Try to recreate THAT using C# or COBOL.
You're far too enamoured with the acronyms and new toys, and have lost sight of the real purpose of coding. The purpose of coding is to economically develop software suitable to the given task. The task defines what tool is most appropriate. Your position is that "new technology is better" - whereas I propose that the technology is nothing more than a tool, and you choose the most appropriate for the task.
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5.) So you use SourceSafe or ClearCase poor boy but ignore the fact that a GDD=Game Design Document is a basic standard in game development.
"poor boy"? I'm admittedly not independently wealthy, but have you seen how much ClearCase costs?!?! Poor companies don't use Rational products. Their products come with a hefty price tag - ostensibly with the productivity returns to justify their prices. "poor" isn't a term I identify well with Rational.
I've worked in 3 languages on 4 continents (I mean "worked", as in a professional capacity as a software developer, and "on 4 continents" as physically living and working in countries on those continents - not as you would propose "some open source project hosted by someone in outer Mongolia" - which you'd claim to have worked in Mongolia). So, GDD has a variety of meanings depending on what language you're speaking and what industry you're talking about. How am I supposed to divine the meaning from 3 letters?
Somehow, you think you're quite clever by using an acronym. So does that mean I can hold up my head for my brilliance in the majority of people here not being able to identify "PDV" as ponto de venda (point of sale) in Portuguese? Hell, GDD can mean a number of things in English alone. It also means Gaseous Detection Device. It means Group Delay Dispersion. You think you're clever by dropping in an acronym with no explanation or context? Pathetically childish. But you should take what pleasure you can in your small "victory" - it's quite clearly a rare event in your life.
Spouting acronyms doesn't impress anyone other than the unwashed masses who know nothing of what they mean.
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6.) I wish someone would lock you away because you seem to be one of those persons who a.) can't read and b.) don't think much.
For a programmer, your typing is atrocious. Rather revealing how often you misspell words and bollocks up your capitalization - something that most programmers do NOT do.
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8.) I too am no native english speaker but i seem to read it better than you.
I never stated my native tongue, did I? But to clarify, my native language is bollocks.
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9.) Any additional word in your direction is very much a waste. Next time try to be a bit smarter or try to grow up. I hate this kiddy talk of yours but maybe this phrase fits to you "The pot calling the kettle black"
An interesting choice of idiom. By your own admission then, my accusations and observations are entirely correct. Thank you for admitting that. You've put to rest any questions anyone might have about your qualifications.
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