The Next Mainstream Programming Language: A Game Developer's

[Craig Black]

"nonnymouse" <nonny at mouse.com> wrote in message 
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> Bruno Medeiros Wrote:
>
>> I doubt that many class-A games would use garbage collection if they had
>> the possibility (ie, the language supported it), even if the GC was a
>> very good one, Java VM like. The need for performance is too great for
>> that.
>
> I hate to call you out, but.. I happen to be working for a class-A games' 
> company who are writing their latest title in C#.

Yeah it's not always wise to make broad statements like that.  But I think 
he's still right if you are talking about most game engine developers.  I've 
talked with a few of them myself and they are OBSESSED will performance. 
You would think garbage collection was a four letter word.  That's not to 
say game developers wouldn't use a scripting language or jitted language for 
the game itself.  But usually it's a combination of C++ and scripted or 
jitted code.  Your company may be the exception.  Was your game engine was 
written entirely in C#?  I'm also curious, what genre is this game?

-Craig