I have recently been upgrading my C knowledge with all the new OOP features of C++ and was wondering what your thoughts on OOP and game programming are? Are classes generally used in making games or just functions? Also what would be the advantages/disadvantages of each?
OOP is a good way to make larger programs better organized. Poor use of OOP causes unnecessary overhead. By the way, don't ever let anyone tell you that C++ has a bunch of overhead that C doesn't have. They're full of it. It's when you use the language improperly that you get a slowdown.
Just make sure that your functions aren't virtual when they don't have to be and OOP will be every bit as fast as procedural C.
Last edited by FillYourBrain; 10-22-2004 at 02:24 PM.
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