RE: [pygame] More Pygame Articles...

[Gareth Noyce <gareth.noyce@ukonline.co.uk>]

> Great article. Really great.
> And you are an XML architect too. Your use 
>of XML related technologies
> in Civil are fascinating. I do xml/web app 

Thanks, glad you liked...

>Python certainly provides access to the latest 
> and varied ways of doing things. But, doesnt 
>it come down to speed? Isnt

Well, my angle with the article is more about 
the beginner than the seasoned pro. Speed is 
an issue, but it depends what you're doing I 
guess...

I'm not advocating using Pygame to produce 
Quake, but I am saying it's a bloody great way 
to learn some of the tricks of the trade without 
getting bogged down in the semantics of C...

> So, can python/pygame/and supporting 
>community make those
> game developers (or have they already?) 
>see that Python gives them
> coding 
> speed and could easily be used to glue 
>together an optimized C library  if need
> be - to get performance for a particular of a 
>game? How does SDL really

Not my main area of expertise I have to 
admit...

> compare
> with other native Directmedia layers?

I've used DirectX and Direct Animation quite a 
lot, and it's only been recently that I've ever 
enjoyed using DirectX. SDL is my personal 
preference, mainly as it's portable. The rest of 
the libraries I don't have experience with, so 
can't comment...


> nintendo gba - has anyone seen
> what
> Amiga
> is up to recently with their DE portable / 
> virtual processor os?

Yup, I await the AmigaONE with excitement! :)

I would also love to see Python/Pygame make 
it over to this platform, but at the minute it 
seems a long way off... My personal 
preference would be Pygame on the PS2 
Linux distro. Now *that* would be fun...

G 


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