Re: [computer-go] C/C++ programmer ready to try new language

[Gunnar Farnebäck <gunnar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Chris wrote:
> My program is in C++.  C/C++ is what I am most familiar with and what I use 
> exclusively on my own time (VB at work).  VB does make memory issues harder 
> to create, but it annoys me because it seems like it was designed for 
> infants.  I do spend too much time debugging memory problems in C/C++.  I 
> develop in Windows.  Of the languages that have been mentioned, what do 
> people recomend for someone like me to consider?  I like the power and 
> efficiency of C.  It can be made very readable, and I like that as well.  I 
> don't think I would like a language with an unneccessarily terse syntax.  
> And I'm sure I will want to implement tight routines in C and link them into 
> the main program (I would expect that any modern language would easily 
> facilitate this).  So what do the readers recommend I look into first?

If you feel at home with the syntax of C/C++ you should take a look at
Pike, http://pike.ida.liu.se.

/Gunnar
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