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There's a lot of great technical info on the homepage, but it's tough for me to see the forest for the trees here. Could you make a short (probably oversimplifi

There's a lot of great technical info on the homepage, but it's tough for me to see the forest for the trees here. Could you make a short (probably oversimplified; that's ok) case for what Lobster is especially good at and why it's worth using rather than other programming languages? Or direct me to where one is already written?

Bekwnn 8y ago
At a glance, one thing that makes it stand out is that it's minimal like a framework, but allows you to code in something with similarities to python, but with more design towards that task. Most python-esque languages are poorly suited for games in terms of performance/features. Seems to nail most of the desires of mobile/indie scale development.
Aardappel 8y ago
I was hoping the current homepage had that function, with a list of special features followed by some examples. You want it shorter? Something like "Get Python-like ease of use together with static typing and speed and built-in game programming functionality" ? That really doesn't do it justice. In the end, like most languages, it is a particular cocktail of trade-offs, and to see whether this suits you, you need see the full list of features. Maybe you want a list of features with an example for each? It's hard to make it short though, especially the type system.
- bluetwo 8y ago
  Not features. Benefits. Benefits show an increase in something good or a decrease in something bad. Better speed. Less code. Easier distribution. Lower cost.
  - Aardappel 8y ago
    A lot of the benefits are hard to express in numbers, and I am not a marketing person. Does this particular kind of type system help you in your software engineering? Very hard to quantify, and depends on circumstances and even personal preference. I don't think I have any hard-number benefits that are meaningful.

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There's a lot of great technical info on the homepage, but it's tough for me to see the forest for the trees here. Could you make a short (probably oversimplifi

by brianpgordon 8y ago

Bekwnn 8y ago
At a glance, one thing that makes it stand out is that it's minimal like a framework, but allows you to code in something with similarities to python, but with more design towards that task. Most python-esque languages are poorly suited for games in terms of performance/features. Seems to nail most of the desires of mobile/indie scale development.
Aardappel 8y ago
I was hoping the current homepage had that function, with a list of special features followed by some examples. You want it shorter? Something like "Get Python-like ease of use together with static typing and speed and built-in game programming functionality" ? That really doesn't do it justice. In the end, like most languages, it is a particular cocktail of trade-offs, and to see whether this suits you, you need see the full list of features. Maybe you want a list of features with an example for each? It's hard to make it short though, especially the type system.
- bluetwo 8y ago
  Not features. Benefits. Benefits show an increase in something good or a decrease in something bad. Better speed. Less code. Easier distribution. Lower cost.
  - Aardappel 8y ago
    A lot of the benefits are hard to express in numbers, and I am not a marketing person. Does this particular kind of type system help you in your software engineering? Very hard to quantify, and depends on circumstances and even personal preference. I don't think I have any hard-number benefits that are meaningful.