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# 1 21-08-2006 , 11:28 AM
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c ++ or c#?

hey all u SMer programmers, i just want to ask if i wanted to create programs and 'game scripts' as well, which of these should i focus on?

could u tell me the purpose and diffrence between them?


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# 2 21-08-2006 , 11:45 AM
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Well I think that a lot of programming is pretty much based on similar languages, for example I went from Delphi to C++ with verry little change.

My pref would be to go with C++ as theres a lot of support for it and its quite widely used

# 3 21-08-2006 , 11:47 AM
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C++ is a low level programming language.
C# was created by MS to give the ease of VB and still have the majority of C++'s Low Level Access. So certain things still need C++ to do. Not being a C++ Programmer I cant go much further into it, but thats the basic difference between them.

Most production games engines are written with C++. Torque however is written/scripted with C#


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# 4 21-08-2006 , 11:51 AM
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so could i still make apps using c++ of the same lvl of that if i would use c # (if in example i had the same skill lvl in both)?


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# 5 21-08-2006 , 11:53 AM
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java (on Eclipse IDE) or python...

If you REALLY need DX then C#, as you most probably will be a lone programmer, not having a team means you NEED to have any help you can get... plus DX10 looks like it will be completely managed so...

If you either have a team of programmers at your disposal or want to take advantage or copypaste existing code as is then go learning C++

# 6 21-08-2006 , 11:58 AM
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Originally posted by relikz
so could i still make apps using c++ of the same lvl of that if i would use c # (if in example i had the same skill lvl in both)?

your question makes more sense if you invert the terms... Anyways: in principle you COULD do everything on every of those languages... in the practice you will find some things are easyer or work better in ones than in others...

# 7 21-08-2006 , 12:04 PM
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Originally posted by dragonfx
your question makes more sense if you invert the terms... Anyways: in principle you COULD do everything on every of those languages... in the practice you will find some things are easyer or work better in ones than in others...

lol im sorry bout my grammar. Thanks for the info though.


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# 8 21-08-2006 , 12:17 PM
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lol its not about grammar police its more that the question makes more sense if you ask what you cant do in C# that you can in C++ than the reverse...

C# is a little less flexible and a little bit easyer to write, and code written on it should have less low level bugs. On the other hand C++ is a bit more demanding but if you know what youre doing should produce faster progams...

Short answer... LEARN JAVA. user added image

OR use the language most suited to your needs...


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