What Languages are the ArmA Series Programmed In?

[GossamerSolid]

Java is an convoluted POS that is so object obsessed it makes no sense.

Python is the best programming language there is. However its runtime environment('s) leaves a lot to wish for especially in terms of performance.

With Arma making the unfortunate move to Java I guess ill make a fifth attempt to learn it. Generally I give up when I cant properly set up the massive IDE's Java requires to even do hello world and there is never any good documentation them. Last time was with Take on Helis but the options the setup guide directed me to did not exist.

People say Java is easy and great to learn but they are full of crap. I have experience in C and Python since almost 10 years but i cant for the life of me understand the IDE´s Java hides behind. First you learn the language and then you use the tools around it, not the other way around.

Sorry if I got a bit passionate. I'm hopefully going back to proper school this fall to study Java. I guess we'll see then.

Huh, Python? The best programming language there is? Hahahahaha, nope!

I prefer C# over Java myself, but you're wrong when you say Java requires "Massive" IDEs. You can write Java in any text editor you want (I use Notepad++) and you can compile/run at a terminal/command window...

Please get your facts straight before posting shit.

[Angle]

Huh, Python? The best programming language there is? Hahahahaha, nope!

I prefer C# over Java myself, but you're wrong when you say Java requires "Massive" IDEs. You can write Java in any text editor you want (I use Notepad++) and you can compile/run at a terminal/command window...

Please get your facts straight before posting shit.

Silly you. Its not a fact. Its an opinion.

[batto]

Java is an convoluted POS that is so object obsessed it makes no sense.

Erm... Isn't everything in Python an object (as opposed to Java)?

Python is the best programming language there is. However its runtime environment('s) leaves a lot to wish for especially in terms of performance.

http://www.jython.org/ You are welcome.

[Inlesco]

Erm... Isn't everything in Python an object (as opposed to Java)?

I wouldn't be so sure since "Everything's an object" is the famous motto of Ruby.

Python shouldn't be underestimated. There are several aspects in video games in can handle very well, if integrated correctly - be it AI, UI, etc. As for my personal experience, it's really fun and fast to code. But that's mainly a function of a scripting-oriented language. Still, I like Python.

[Deadfast]

Silly you. Its not a fact. Its an opinion.

Is it now? Your post seems to indicate otherwise.

[batto]

I wouldn't be so sure since "Everything's an object" is the famous motto of Ruby. There are several aspects in video games in can handle very well, if integrated correctly - be it AI, UI, etc. As for my personal experience, it's really fun and fast to code. But that's mainly a function of a scripting-oriented language. Python shouldn't be underestimated.

Ok, ok... isn't everything in fun-Python scripting-oriented-language an object? And where did underestimated Python?

[NouberNou]

Language fanboism screams of people who have never done professional development, especially in a client based organization.

[Kolji]

Don't worry. A few days in the industry will cure those schoolboys from their fanboyism :x

[Serclaes]

Language fanboism screams of people who have never done professional development, especially in a client based organization.

So true. I consider myself lucky to work with one language and technology only. But then again it's hard to stay up to speed in my own time.