Never tried blitzbasic. Any opinions?
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The game look quite good, (I've tried a few) but that's probably due to the skill of the programmer, not the programming language he used.
Sep 21, 2011
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Most results like this will be due to the skill of the programmer rather than the language. However, some languages are better suited for certain tasks. Real-time applications should as a general rule avoid garbage-collecting languages like Java, because of the periodic slow-downs caused by the garbage-collection process itself.
If I were to write a Chess Engine however, I would write in Java. Real-time response is only a slight issue with Chess (really, it is only a factor in blitz, and only a minor factor at that). Python would be my second choice, and C++ my third. This is not a question of language suitability as much as it an expression of my general preference for Java.
Has anyone tried blitz basic? blitzbasic.com?