169th_Moose Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Hi, Just a curious question. Why have you chosen Lua programming compared to others programing software & compilers on the market? Was LockOn initialy made with Lua or did you changed language in the process. Im just woundering, was it question of flexibility? I do consider myself a newby in regards of programming. Only Language I learned back then was Turbo Pascal. I know, Its old school. :wink: Woundering because Im thinking going back in that curve of learning. But Im woundering If I should go with C++ or with other programming software. Also woundering Lua seems simular to visual basic. I might be mistaken, true only glimps on the codes briefly. Does Lua comes with a compiler? If so, can you compile in different OS? I need a good push in the right direction. Thanks in advance. Cheers Hooked on LockOn
ALDEGA Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Lockon is not written in LUA. LUA is used to provide additional functionality and extensibility, for example exporting data which can be used to show guages on a second monitor, record data from the game etc.
ED Team Valery Blazhnov Posted December 21, 2004 ED Team Posted December 21, 2004 Re: Programming question Hi, Just a curious question. Why have you chosen Lua programming compared to others programing software & compilers on the market? Was LockOn initialy made with Lua or did you changed language in the process. Im just woundering, was it question of flexibility? I do consider myself a newby in regards of programming. Only Language I learned back then was Turbo Pascal. I know, Its old school. :wink: Woundering because Im thinking going back in that curve of learning. But Im woundering If I should go with C++ or with other programming software. Also woundering Lua seems simular to visual basic. I might be mistaken, true only glimps on the codes briefly. Does Lua comes with a compiler? If so, can you compile in different OS? I need a good push in the right direction. Thanks in advance. Cheers Hooked on LockOn Lua is an embedded language, it was designed to be integrated with software written in C and other conventional languages. Lua is independent on OS. To learn more about Lua, please, visit http://www.lua.org and read excellent Programming in Lua book by Roberto Ierusalimschy (Rio de Janeiro, 2003). Valery Blazhnov Eagle Dynamics Veteran
yamangman Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 As far as I'm concerned, you can't just learn one language and push on with it, you want to look at Delphi, C, Java, J2ME, C++, VB as well as scripting languages such as that of the Linux BASH shell and C shell, only then should you push on with one, or possibly two. An object oriented laguage is, obviously, the only type worth considering however.
Drakkhen Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 [...]An object oriented laguage is, obviously, the only type worth considering however.Ah ah ah... :lol: "Heroism is the only way to get famous when you got no talent" Pierre Desproges "Whether fifty millions people say a stupid thing, it's still a stupid thing." Anatole France
GGTharos Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Uhm *cough* OO only, huh? I mean, it's not like embedded programming requires any kind of efficiency ... ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
Dmut Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Gents, I hardly resist from jumping into old good and lovely (for every dev) flame war like "Pascal vs C++", "ASM vs C", "Perl vs Python". We don't want to start it, right? :) "There are five dangerous faults which may affect a general: recklessness, which leads to destruction; cowardice, which leads to capture; a hasty temper, which can be provoked by insults; a delicacy of honor which is sensitive to shame; over-solicitude for his men, which exposes him to worry and trouble." Sun Tzu [sigpic]http://forums.eagle.ru/signaturepics/sigpic2354_5.gif[/sigpic]
yamangman Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Yes I think so. Being adept in OOP and its concepts and methodologies is by far the best grounding in the world of programming in comparison to other contemporary languages. Hoenst, i'm not trying to wind you guys up :D
Whisper Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Gents, I hardly resist from jumping into old good and lovely (for every dev) flame war like "Pascal vs C++", "ASM vs C", "Perl vs Python". We don't want to start it, right? :) LOGO for teh Win! :lol: Whisper of old OFP & C6 forums, now Kalbuth. Specs : i7 6700K / MSI 1070 / 32G RAM / SSD / Rift S / Virpil MongooseT50 / Virpil T50 CM2 Throttle / MFG Crosswind. All but Viggen, Yak52 & F16
GGTharos Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Yes I think so. Being adept in OOP and its concepts and methodologies is by far the best grounding in the world of programming in comparison to other contemporary languages. Hoest, i'm not trying to wind you guys up :D Programming -what-? There are real programming problems out there for which OO is most definitely -in-approriate and doesn't help you in either knowing it or using it. Of course, if all you're gonna do is monkey code for apps, that's fine ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
yamangman Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 I think it's concepts provide an immense learning experience above and beyond the language itself. You see inheritance in all modern mobile and net technologies.
GGTharos Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Yes, certainly. I'm just pointnig out that there are cases where none of this is useful. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda
yamangman Posted December 21, 2004 Posted December 21, 2004 Then, i'm just an SSAD methodologist, what do I know :).
169th_Moose Posted December 21, 2004 Author Posted December 21, 2004 Thanks for your input, greatly appreciated. Time to hit the books :wink: Cheers. Hooked on LockOn
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