Re: What programming language is good for games?

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From: Irv Mullins
Date: Thu, 26 Nov 1998 00:00

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Michael Fullerton wrote:

> Roger Zimmerman <roger.zimmerman@shaw.wave.ca> wrote:
>
> >Could someone help me determine which programming language would be good
> >to do simple computer games?  The game would have walls and figures that
> >would mover around and shoot at other figures.
> >I know basic and C.  Is there add ons that I could buy for visual basic
> >that would make this easy to do?
>

VB is sadly slow for this type of thing.
If you want to write *fast* games,  in a language that is somewhat easier
than basic,
(and doesn't have the Windows overhead) download a copy of Euphoria from.
http://members.aol.com/fileseu     there's a free public domain version.
On that site are links to download some arcade-style games wriitten by
Euphoria users.

Irv

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