From: John Max Skaller <skaller@ozemail.com.au>
To: "Gurr, David (MED, self)" <David.Gurr@med.ge.com>
Cc: caml-list@inria.fr
Subject: Re: ocaml, simd, & fftwgel RE: [Caml-list] Caml productivity.
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2002 01:22:22 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3D49522E.7060208@ozemail.com.au> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <D4DBD8568F05D511A1C20002A55C008C09C294EE@uswaumsx03medge.med.ge.com>
Gurr, David (MED, self) wrote:
>About memory allocation, real time code should not be doing memory
>allocation in the real time section.
>
Huh? Which parts of a real time interactive game aren't real time??
The whole thing, from gameplay interaction to graphics and sound,
must be done in 'real-time'.
Note that almost no game companies have the faintest idea how
to do real time programming. So it isn't clear worrying about
lag from garbage collection is even an issue. when they can't even
get basic real time operation right. Of course, it doesn't help
when you have to program for an OS not designed to support
real time operations other than basic IO.
Frankly, Ocaml would improve games enormously by allowing
programmers to concentrate on what really matters: algorithms
and programmer structure.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-08-01 15:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-07-30 17:58 Gurr, David (MED, self)
2002-07-31 1:29 ` Travis Bemann
2002-07-31 8:09 ` Xavier Leroy
2002-07-31 8:39 ` Noel Welsh
2002-08-01 15:22 ` John Max Skaller [this message]
2002-08-01 15:36 Damien Doligez
2002-08-01 16:38 ` John Max Skaller
2002-08-01 16:55 ` Alexander V.Voinov
2002-08-01 16:45 ` Jonathan Coupe
2002-08-02 2:56 Gurr, David (MED, self)
2002-08-02 9:57 ` Noel Welsh
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