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Assuming MC does move to a C++ main version: I wonder if anyone is studying this and drawing parallels to the Python 3 or Perl 6 efforts. There seems to be a
by ergothus 11y ago
Assuming MC does move to a C++ main version:
I wonder if anyone is studying this and drawing parallels to the Python 3 or Perl 6 efforts. There seems to be a lot of similarities.
* Existing product is great, but limitations are being encountered
* Decision is made (or reality admitted, depending on your view) that you have to make a dramatic change
* Community is split, progress is slow
* ???
I'm a huge Minecraft fan (it's about the only computer game I regularly play), and while the community has lots of grump people, it's also fairly adaptable. This would be a huge shock though, and I'm more interested in what happens over, say, 6-12 months than I am in initial reactions.
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- jimmaswell 11y agoI'd like python 3 much more if they didn't change the print statement.
- zmmmmm 11y agoAs a parent who avidly plays minecraft with my kids, exclusively on tablets, I tend to believe the article's notion that the C++ version (via Minecraft PE) will fairly quickly become by far the most popular version. So it will be ahead of Python in that regard.
- detaro 11y agoOn the other hand, this potentially could unite XBox, mobile and PC versions of Minecraft, which would make quite a few people happy. As most of this thread discusses, mods are going to be a critical point, even though it is surprising how much people manage to do with command blocks, ressource packs and other vanilla tools.