Re: My thoughts on C# and gaming.

Richard Atwater Thomson wrote:
> For some reason, even though C++ offers you tools in the standard
> library (to say nothing of libraries like Loki, Boost, etc.) for
> operating at a high level without sacrificing efficiency, people still
> insist on operating at a low level.  We could discuss theories on why
> this is the case [...]

You could discuss that, but that'd be discussing a straw man. The
issue isn't low vs. high level. It's one of code transparency,
ease of debugging, compile and link times, binary size, retaining
control, reducing complexity, and all those other things that
affect the real goal (if you are a commercial developer): shipping
games that make as much money as possible, now as well as in the
future.

To evaluate Boost (or whichever component) only in terms of what
it will do for code is an amateur mistake.

Christer Ericson, Director of Tools and Technology
Sony Computer Entertainment, Santa Monica

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