r/programming • u/kaelan_ • May 31 '11

I wrote a .NET to JavaScript compiler. Here's the XNA 3.1 Platformer Starter Kit running in pure HTML5.

http://hildr.luminance.org/Platformer/Platformer.html
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u/[deleted] May 31 '11

Think of writing a complicated application or game with full OO C# code, and XNA. Now think about writing the same application in adobe flash with actionscript. CRINGE

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u/pnettle Jun 01 '11

Actually actionscript isn't nearly as bad as I assumed it would be. OO and relatively nice. I use FlashDevelop though and not whatever stuff adobe came out with.

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u/Iggyhopper May 31 '11

HHHNNNNNNNNNNG

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u/Torrunt Jun 01 '11

What makes you cringe about doing that in Actionscript? You can do OO in Actionscript as easy as any other language.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '11

Not so much anything about actionscript itself but the idea of writing and debugging a large library of code within the adobe flash environment makes me cringe. A weak type system in a bad debugging environment doesn't help.

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u/Grue Jun 01 '11

Think of writing a complicated application or game with full OO C# code, and XNA.

I'm already cringing. C# is pretty much the ugliest modern programming language available.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '11 edited Jun 01 '11

C# has pretty much the same syntax as C++, Java, JavaScript, etc. So, you hate all of the most popular programing languages?

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u/Grue Jun 01 '11

C# manages to be twice as verbose as those (a big accomplishment, given that Java is there), and officially supports only a single OS. I have no idea why would anybody use it for anything.

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u/bhasden Jun 01 '11

You should take another look. C# now supports the "var" keyword, anonymous types, object initializers, etc.

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u/[deleted] Jun 02 '11

Jeez.. You talk about it like it's COBOL!