Hey everyone, I'm looking to get the opinions of some people with more experience then myself. Currently I only have time to learn one language and I'm torn between C++ and Python. Eventually I would like to make a game, nothing too extravagant, a turn based strategy game to be exact. I'm not planning on having crazy graphics effects, I'm going to focus on game play. Anyway, I'm getting a little off course here. I want to learn one of the two mentioned languages with the end goal to be able to make my game. I know it's a long way off before I'll be able to make it so please don't assume that I'm going to jump right in expecting to make this in a matter of months. Besides the game, I have all kinds of ideas for small little programs that I would like to make.
I would honestly rather use Python then C++ but I have a few concerns. How hard is it to manage a large project in Python vs. C++? If I do decide to use Python I would be using Pygame for the graphics end of things. From what I can tell, Pygame does not work with the current release of Python, that's one of the things that causes me to worry. If I finish this game and release it, are people going to constantly be having to upgrade Python and Pygame for it to keep working? And how much really changes between releases? Python has built in access to a windowing toolkit (Tkinter), C++ can of course use the native windows/linux/mac API but that seems like more of a hassle to me. Once the C++ program has been compiled it's much easier to distribute. C++ has a much higher learning curve and development time then Python does. Python has a much nicer community built around it then C++ from what I can see though. So as you can see I feel that each language has it's own pro's and con's and I might end up learning them both eventually. Do you all think Python will work for what I want right now? My biggest concern with Python is the upkeep involved in trying to distribute your applications. Do updates to Python usually cause issues? Why would something like Pygame work with Python 2.4 but not 2.5? I'm sorry if this is a horribly dumb question but I've been looking around and I can't find the answer to these on my own. Thank you all for any help you can give me. -- -Andy "I have a great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it." – Edgar Allen Poe _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
