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[Reelya]

Just programmed a full game in C++ in 2 hours.  Woo!

Ok...so full game translates to one of those little text based rpg 1v1 fighters where you try to kill the other guy with a predetermined set of skills...

But still full game.  I even gave it fluff.  It's cataclysm themed, yer fighting a turret armed with a smg, a grenade launcher, and a lazer cannon, with a Savage 111F with a grenade launcher attachment and a railgun.  Here's hoping for bonus points for customizing it around the instructions.

Huh, I didn't know it was even possible to get something done in C++ in only 2 hours. Although that might be just me, preferring other languages for small programs.

Of course it's possible to get something done in C++ in a couple of hours. He did make it text-based after all. Only takes 5 seconds to write "hello world" in C++. Most of the lost time for newbies, I'd put down to not knowing the syntax properly. Once you're over the learning curve, it's not necessarily slow to make stuff.

The main advantage speed-wise is for interpreted/scripting languages, since you don't have to hit a button labelled "compile". Time actually writing code isn't very different between languages. (but remember the compile-time error checking in C++ is far more advanced than a scripting language, so interpreted languages may end up with far more uncaught bugs).

[Zephyr]

Thrusty Puss the Lone Wanderer

Thank you. thank you SO much. 

[SalmonGod]

New co-worker.  Turns out he went to the same fucked up small town school system that I did, though he's about 7 years younger than me.  Been trading stories about how crazy that place was.  He identifies with everything I have to say about it.  Feels good to be able to verify with someone 15 years later that the problems I had there weren't just because of me and my recollection of the place hasn't warped.  It really was (and apparently still is) that fucked up, bigoted child molesting teachers and all.

Was also interesting to hear that my class' football team went to state two years after I left.  I was one of the best players on that team, if not the best.  My last year there, I was the only ironman player on the team, which means I was in every play of every game the entire year.  If I had stayed, I could have gone to state.  Maybe they would have won ..... but I'm glad I got some real education and social rehabilitation elsewhere instead.

[Skyrunner]

Just programmed a full game in C++ in 2 hours.  Woo!

Ok...so full game translates to one of those little text based rpg 1v1 fighters where you try to kill the other guy with a predetermined set of skills...

But still full game.  I even gave it fluff.  It's cataclysm themed, yer fighting a turret armed with a smg, a grenade launcher, and a lazer cannon, with a Savage 111F with a grenade launcher attachment and a railgun.  Here's hoping for bonus points for customizing it around the instructions.

Huh, I didn't know it was even possible to get something done in C++ in only 2 hours. Although that might be just me, preferring other languages for small programs.

Don't hate on C++ too much ;_; It's not really that dark hole of unproductivity and arcane errors people seem to make it out as.

I don't deny that it's a tad slow, though.

[Glowcat]

My mom is talking to me again. I'm still unsure if things will remain that way but it's an improvement and the world seems less scary, at least for the moment.

[RedWarrior0]

So OotS #870. What a (sort of) tweest!

[Skyrunner]

YES!

The little marks in the middle!

[Karnewarrior]

Now just make the water carry and deposit the eroded stone(?) and you can make pretty pictures with sand!

[MagmaMcFry]

Just programmed a full game in C++ in 2 hours.  Woo!

Ok...so full game translates to one of those little text based rpg 1v1 fighters where you try to kill the other guy with a predetermined set of skills...

But still full game.  I even gave it fluff.  It's cataclysm themed, yer fighting a turret armed with a smg, a grenade launcher, and a lazer cannon, with a Savage 111F with a grenade launcher attachment and a railgun.  Here's hoping for bonus points for customizing it around the instructions.

Huh, I didn't know it was even possible to get something done in C++ in only 2 hours. Although that might be just me, preferring other languages for small programs.

Don't hate on C++ too much ;_; It's not really that dark hole of unproductivity and arcane errors people seem to make it out as.

I don't deny that it's a tad slow, though.

I'm not hating, I was just noticing that I've never ever written a small C++ program before (with the obvious exception of "Hello World").

[MaximumZero]

Happy: I noted a large discrepancy in my student aid numbers. Got all pissed off and marched up to the aid office to give them a piece of my mind. A friend was behind the counter, knew exactly what I was going to ask, and it just turns out that they do aid disbersement in a funky way (split up into two pieces). Turns out, I still have ~$2000 coming next month. ^_^

[Neonivek]

FINALLY found a way to watch some mystery Science Theature!

Let me tell you, wake up during the wrong years and it is impossible to see any or buy the DVDs.

[Nadaka]

Happy: I noted a large discrepancy in my student aid numbers. Got all pissed off and marched up to the aid office to give them a piece of my mind. A friend was behind the counter, knew exactly what I was going to ask, and it just turns out that they do aid disbersement in a funky way (split up into two pieces). Turns out, I still have ~$2000 coming next month. ^_^

yea, they do that to make sure you are actually going to attend classes instead of running away and  spending that $2k of "free money" on hookers and blow without even trying to get an education.

[MaximumZero]

Happy: I noted a large discrepancy in my student aid numbers. Got all pissed off and marched up to the aid office to give them a piece of my mind. A friend was behind the counter, knew exactly what I was going to ask, and it just turns out that they do aid disbersement in a funky way (split up into two pieces). Turns out, I still have ~$2000 coming next month. ^_^

yea, they do that to make sure you are actually going to attend classes instead of running away and  spending that $2k of "free money" on hookers and blow without even trying to get an education.

Every college student knows that the hookers and blow have to wait until after class. It's part of the entry symposium.

[Hanslanda]

Happy: I noted a large discrepancy in my student aid numbers. Got all pissed off and marched up to the aid office to give them a piece of my mind. A friend was behind the counter, knew exactly what I was going to ask, and it just turns out that they do aid disbersement in a funky way (split up into two pieces). Turns out, I still have ~$2000 coming next month. ^_^

yea, they do that to make sure you are actually going to attend classes instead of running away and  spending that $2k of "free money" on hookers and blow without even trying to get an education.

Every college student knows that the hookers and blow have to wait until after class. It's part of the entry symposium.

Class Syllabus:

Chapter One: Hookers and Blow
Chapter Two: Complex Interactions in Quantum Materials and the Dynamics of Quarks
Chapter Three: Coffee/Cigarette breaks
Chapter Four: Using Google to Cheat

[RedKing]

Meh, the tenured professors always bogart the best hookers anyways.