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[th0ne]

urm im looking 2 lern a usefull language and wondered what X2 is writen in, is it C++? i have done a fair bit of python and am thoughourly bored, i want somethign new now. so what is X2 writen in, and would that b a good 1 2 lern??

[moggy2]

I think X2 was written in German

I have no idea, but the scripting language is unique.

[Troj]

X2 is written in either C or C++ , It's a hard definition because C++ can look like normal C very easily.

Either way, C++ is a good one to learn, but if you are moving from Python I would actually urge you to try Microsofts C# language, the richness of the .Net framework would be quite usefull for your background.

Best of all you can do it for FREE, you need the .NET SDK from Microsoft (dotnetfx.exe) download it and install it, it's about 100Mb.

Next you need an IDE (or you can use Notepad). A very good (and free) solution is Sharp develop http://www.icsharpcode.net/OpenSource/SD/ it's look and feel is very similar to Microsofts flagship Visual Studio.Net 2003 .. but it won't cost you hundreds

All the documentation and beginners guides to C# can be found in good, but good places to also look would be http://msdn.microsoft.com,http://gotdotnet.com,http://www.codeproject.com

Basically that gives you a state of the art language and development package for free.

[Troj]

Oh and it's plenty fast too, it's what I'm writing an X2 Model Viewer in

[XeHonk]

there's a lot of nice languages ^^
each of 'em has a certain area, where it's good at..

anyway, this topic should be moved to offtopic