From: Adam West <adamw AT iquest DOT net>
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Subject: Re: C or C++ for an RPG?
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 1997 07:37:16 -0500
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Alex Kain wrote:
> 
> I'm using Allegro and DJGPP to make a CRPG.  I started learning C++ a 
> while ago, and I was looking around in Allegro's code, and Shawn (the 
> maker of Allegro) managed to bypass the use of objects with the use of 
> structs.  It makes me wonder if I should use C++ at all or just go 
> ahead and use C.  Can anyone explain to me how C++ would be better 
> than C for programming an RPG?

Simple answer: less code is cleaner code. Programming in an OO language
just makes for cleaner, "packaged" code --- if you stick to the OO
principles. So consider the cost of maintenance. I think C++ wins.
Also, CRPG is a natural for inheritance: Monsters, Items, and PCs can 
all carry things, right? They all have names.

Excelsior!

Adam
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