[cl-faq] Why does Lisp suck for Games?

[Paolo Amoroso]

Justin Heyes-Jones <justinhj at gmail.com> writes:

> \question{Does lisp suck for games?}
> \answer{
[...]
> There are problems holding it back:
>
> Firstly game developers rely on large sets of libraries from game console
> manufacturers and operating system
> developers. These libraries come with documentation and sample code which is
> almost entirely C or C++. In other
> words, by not using C/C++ you lose a lot of shared code, legacy code and
> code from other non-lisp studios.

You might consider adding a little plug, and say that joining the CL
Gardeners project might help improve the situation of Lisp libraries...


Paolo
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