In article <3aad20ab$1@news.povray.org>, "Roberto Ferrer de Amorim" 
<ram### [at] comdescontocombr> wrote:

> I see Python as a great language for that job because:
> - it can be highly OO - multiple inheritance is not a problem, and 
> all data structures are high-level - it's easy to learn - it can be 
> easily extended and/or embedded.

Are you sure multiple inheritance is a good thing? ;-)
I rather like Objective C, it is very easy to learn if you already know 
C, and highly flexible. It's a bit different if you are used to C++ or 
Java, though...


> If well designed, this CSDL can be great. However, I may be wrong, 
> but I think it can be way easier using Python. I'm using Python for 
> all the new projects on my job, and it fits great on most (if not 
> all) programming needs I have - and it's faster to develop with than 
> Java, PHP, Perl and such (at least for me).

Using Python to write the CSDL engine, or as the language itself?
The CSDL engine is going to be written in either C++ or Objective C...I 
would prefer Obj-C (for one thing, it would make creating a GUI for the 
Mac version much easier), but C++ may be better for cross-platform 
reasons (there is OpenStep available, though...so cross-platform use is 
possible). I will start off by creating a framework like the one you are 
making in Python...the CSDL interpreter will come later, but the 
framework may be useful by itself.
I'm also thinking that maybe this should be a "C-like Simulation 
Description Language", and not a POV-specific thing, just a language 
designed for manipulating 3D objects.

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