Who'd be a game dev...

[d000hg]

I reckon games programming would be fun. It's not like the consequences are devastating when you screw up is it?

You can imaging the bug report...."Gandolf hangs when trying to enter the temple of doom".

Well nothing's mission-critical generally speaking although if you're working on a MMO you can be dealing with real money and confidential data. These days, a bug in the game can be fixed by patching over the web so it's not too bad. But 10 years ago, if major bugs got through into production, you were a bit screwed - you'd have to send users a new version of the CD with a fixed version, and a buggy game at launch could lead to bad reviews and a major loss of profit.

Hmm, maybe you're right - I just tend to think of games developers as being pretty cutting edge with the software tools they use, including source control, and perforce being more the kind of thing used in an old-fashioned stuffed-shirt software house maintaining a bespoke accounting package or something.

(Maintaining branches in perforce, for example, is like trying to knit chain mail.)

Game-dev is typically not so hot on methodology... hack changes in as you go

[VectraMan]

Game devs have always been underpaid, especially considering the relative high degree of skill required (they know about >> operators and everything). I guess it's down to appearing to be exciting and so having no trouble attracting people, although I'm sure the reality is pretty awful. Can you imagine having to make Thorin sing a song about gold for the thousandth time that day to try to track down a bug?

[d000hg]

I know about << but what is this >> of which you speak?

[SupremeSpod]

I know about << but what is this >> of which you speak?

It's an intrinsic that produces the "FUCTIFINO" expression*



















*On most socalled experts during interview

[aussielong]

I know about << but what is this >> of which you speak?

Right shift operator... Its a fast way of dividing an integer by 2 IIRC. The bits are shifted to the right and 0 put in the high bit

Keep up!

[hyperD]

I thought >> was just much, much greater than > ?

[Fra]

I guess the working hours and pressure would be worse than normal dev roles as well. I bet the get a lot of interest as the role has kudos certain young programmers.

Usually they want for such a rate experienced people, this is why the number of experienced game programmers is not so big, after a while they realize that in other
fields the pay is much higher.

[darmstadt]

I thought >> was just much, much greater than > ?

The list:

= True if the terms are equal (numerically or when padded, and so forth)
\=, ¬=, /= True if the terms are not equal (inverse of =)
> Greater than
< Less than
>< Greater than or less than (same as not equal)
<> Greater than or less than (same as not equal)
>= Greater than or equal to
\<, ¬< Not less than
<= Less than or equal to
\>, ¬> Not greater than
== True if terms are strictly equal (identical)
\==, ¬==, /== True if the terms are NOT strictly equal (inverse of ==)
>> Strictly greater than
<< Strictly less than
>>= Strictly greater than or equal to
\<<, ¬<< Strictly NOT less than
<<= Strictly less than or equal to
\>>, ¬>> Strictly NOT greater than
& AND Returns 1 if both terms are true
| Inclusive OR Returns 1 if either term is true
&& Exclusive OR Returns 1 if either (but not both) is true
Prefix \,¬ Logical NOT Negates; 1 becomes 0, and 0 becomes 1

[d000hg]

Right shift operator... Its a fast way of dividing an integer by 2 IIRC. The bits are shifted to the right and 0 put in the high bit

Keep up!

Whoosh.

Which language is it has >>> and <<< which does a shift with wrapping?

[Bunk]

Whoosh.

Which language is it has >>> and <<< which does a shift with wrapping?

Javascript has >>> but no <<<. It's an unsigned right shift. Never used it in my life