Re: A few questions about scripting
Nick Trout <[email protected]>
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On 27 April 2010 10:41, Thaddaeus Frogley <[email protected]> wrote: > Question: > Arguably a developer implementing their game in C# or Java could be > described as having written *all* of their game in a "scripting" > language. > Classifying languages can be tricky, and that's an interesting comparison. Technically I wouldn't say C# is a scripting language because the CIL the language is compiled into is for the benefit of the JIT code generator, i.e. it doesn't run on a VM. Whereas Java does compile into intermediate code that runs on a VM. However, because Java isn't a dynamic language I wouldn't classify it as a scripting language. Another point relevant to console developers might be whether the language generates code or runs on a VM. I.e. you couldn’t use a language that generates code because it breaches the rules. _______________________________________________ Sweng-Gamedev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.midnightryder.com/listinfo.cgi/sweng-gamedev-midnightryder.com