From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E7py3-00046j-F2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:46:39 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j7O7ioSU024113; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:44:50 GMT Received: from mail.t-systems.cz (mail.t-systems.cz [212.67.76.249]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7O7eWZq000133 for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 07:40:32 GMT Received: from mefisto.t-systems.cz (faust.t-systems.cz [10.246.110.12]) by mail.t-systems.cz (Postfix) with ESMTP id E0CB68997C for ; Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:41:26 +0200 (CEST) Received: from andre.t-systems.cz ([10.246.112.240]) by mefisto.t-systems.cz with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.211); Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:41:26 +0200 Received: andre.t-systems.cz 10.246.112.240 from 10.246.112.176 10.246.112.176 via HTTP with MS-WebStorage 6.5.6944 Received: from frankies by andre.t-systems.cz; 24 Aug 2005 09:41:39 +0200 Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Lost Labyrinth From: Frank Schafer To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org In-Reply-To: <430C1E27.5090407@gmail.com> References: <200508220706.43245.mar_doe@gmx.de> <200508230906.33931.mar_doe@gmx.de> <1124783820.14532.11.camel@spok.local.sporn-it.com> <200508232131.10893.mar_doe@gmx.de> <1124865552.5942.25.camel@localhost.localdomain> <430C1E27.5090407@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 09:41:39 +0200 Message-Id: <1124869299.5942.39.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 X-OriginalArrivalTime: 24 Aug 2005 07:41:26.0747 (UTC) FILETIME=[3BCC12B0:01C5A87F] X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner: Found to be clean X-T-Systems_Czech-MailScanner-SpamCheck: not spam (whitelisted), SpamAssassin (score=-5.831, required 5, autolearn=not spam, ALL_TRUSTED -3.30, AWL 0.07, BAYES_00 -2.60) X-MailScanner-From: frank.schafer@t-systems.cz X-Archives-Salt: cbddd994-bd53-44c6-9173-1050b9b9fd4d X-Archives-Hash: de6a19e2d95bc18bea6eb5075559d4b9 On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 10:13 +0300, Matan Peled wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Frank Schafer wrote: > > Hmmm, a game IS an application (for gaming purposes) ;-)) > > > > Fast scrolling and all of this stuff isn't made by PB but by library > > routines (SDL on Linux). So every (I mean EVERY) language should handle > > this if the system does it handle. > > > > By the way, we definitely can change the programming language by simple > > syntax conversion if the original code is proper organized (I did this > > more than once). A complete rewrite isn't such a big task too. > > Programming means to describe the whole logic of an application (games > > too ;). Use structograms, flow charts, petri nets ... as you like. > > Translating this into a programming Language (C, C++, Pascal, BASIC, > > Forth, Prolog ...) is pure coding. > > > > I remember the time we touched the hardware itself if we did need speed > > (DOS, was it GEM on the Amiga?, the legendary Spectrum, C64 ...) but I'm > > skeptic if modern OS will still allow this. > > > > 0.02$ > > Frank > > And C is EXTREMELY fast. I mean, I'm having real trouble believing that BASIC > can be faster than C... > > Anyway, simple syntax change is not all that needed. You also need to talk to > SDL - something I think PureBasic handled previously. I think SDL has an API, don't you think too? ;) > > - -- > [Name ] :: [Matan I. Peled ] > [Location ] :: [Israel ] > [Public Key] :: [0xD6F42CA5 ] > [Keyserver ] :: [keyserver.kjsl.com] > encrypted/signed plain text preferred > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFDDB4nA7Qvptb0LKURAg3iAJwMbjxdpiIOCW2AETRWoui3UqeyqQCdErRG > B289dsEN4ZC1JMHOtZAa7ew= > =m9SM > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list