Game Programming Tutorial 2 - Compilers and Interpreters

[FluffehTheSheep]

I have learnt more from this than any other source on the internet.

[renno0301]

I have a Compilers I test tomorrow about Syntatic Analysis...

I wish you had been our teacher instead of the actual one. And I believe my classmates would totally back me up.

[willzurmacht]

This is the best explanation on the internet everrrrr

[TheJakeSweede]

omg i dont understand a thing :S am i even on the right video? :( i will never be able to create my dream computer game... :'(

[Ark4evah]

@TheJakeSweede Yes you will!

Read books, watch tutorials, be on forums, then be creative!

[TheJakeSweede]

@Ark4evah :/ do you have like a good link or a good book that you recommend, that is an easy step-by-step tutorial for people that knows less than 0 about coding, making programs etc. It doesnt have to be a super advanced one (by advanced i dont mean like a 'hard' tut. more like this: "advanced book tutorial for people that dont know a thing about coding and programs etc" advanced like it has a lot of content, i just want some easy getting started guide) all i can find is hard stuff :**(

[Ark4evah]

@TheJakeSweede If you take your time  to read from the first page of a learning-book to the end, it should go fine. Dont think those " Learn c#(or any other programming language) in 24 hours" actually would make you expert in 24 hours, because their not! Start reading a beginners book, be finished, read more advanced books later on.

Then you are starting to be decent, start trying to make a program with most of your " now-granted-knowlege". Take one variable at a time.

[TheJakeSweede]

@Ark4evah sounds good! Thx for the help! I really appreciate it!

[TompanX]

hi kendell

[3606516710]

I thought the other guy said "Real" dev's have toliet paper. Wheres hers? Is she not a "Real" dev? >:O

[yoshinosakura]

@3606516710

i am a real dev

[torocity]

Interesting

[zerobuu]

Kendal will be missed.

[superknife24]

@zerobuu what do you mean by that? she left?

[zerobuu]

@superknife24 they broke up, so yes she left

[superknife24]

@zerobuu awwwwwwwwwww, that sucks, she was so awesome too!

[h4m1dr3z4]

wow a hot chick nerd! you can't find one of these easily, every programmer's dream!

[macheads101]

You cannot forget that the machine code is in assembly instructions. A C function call would become multiple assembly instructions.

e.g

C: puts(s)

GAS: movl $s, (%esp) call _puts

[GyroVorbis]

@macheads101 ...seriously? 

[macheads101]

@GyroVorbis I mean it doesn't really make a difference, but its a good thing to note that the code you enter in becomes much more machine code.

[AbstractRS]

Lots of information packed into this video and it's stuff I wouldn't have bothered to learn on my own, so that makes it a lot more valuable. Oh and, killer amulet Kendall.

[zerobuu]

Good vid, although this one made me feel like i was sitting through a lecture from one of my professors.

[Tailean]

Thank you for doing these videos. Its cool of you to take some of your extra time and teach some of us newbies. heh. Will you be going over any of the basics of c++ code or SDL in any future tutorials? I'll keep an eye out, I enjoy learning.

[keithgarry]

Great info, but why are you guys being so stilted?  Where's the energy and down to earth nature?

[krizem]

What is the best Starter Book for beginners and best language for starting out...even if not game dev one must tart somewhere... a cheers for future answer

[xyper01]

you're so...

[krizem]

Excuse if multiple posts appear in various vids you tube comments are playing up on me ty for your consideration

[krizem]

Is it true that students get Visual studio for free or little or no cost for the pro edition? what version are you guys using? the average version costs at least 5k and is too heavy on a students wallet... i gather you guys do not recommend c++ for noobs?

Best book authors are? enjoying the series and following the progression of your project keep up the good work cheers :)

[dotwaheed]

@krizem "Is it true that students get Visual studio for free or little or no cost for the pro edition?" - Yep, through dreamspark [dot] com - Lots of other software too.

[trecool9992]

@krizem I usually recommend piratebay[dot]org actually

[ProgrammerInProgress]

Clear concise and very helpful.

This video got a like :D

I've read through the process of compilation a few times, but it was actually nice to hear someone explaining the terms 'parsing' and 'lexers' and how to see what the end product is, very helpful indeed.

Well done!

[ZacksEnder]

In your next tutorial, could you go a bit in depth on scripting languages such as LUA and PERL and talk about their various applications within game design? Not the syntax or anything, just what they are best suited for, etc.

[david0aloha]

@cicaro4you

Hey, I like Microsoft and the . Net framework they've come up with, but you've got to remember that what Microsoft seems to do really well is to make real the ideas that are already floating around from other sources. Then they innovate on those implementations (arguably that's how a lot of innovation occurs). Windows was inspired from Mac's GUI, as the . Net framework has major elements of Java's JIT interpreted framework.

[cicaro4you]

At the beginning she speaks out of sync.

And who is guilty for all the problems with platforms ? Of course Mac, UNIX and stuff. Because the are fighting Windows ...

[Randomdever]

Very interesting. Thanks for the vid.

[Rocafort8]

Great video ! Now I know a little more about what happens when i press the "compile" button :)

[dandymcgee]

That was REALLY interesting and informational. Thanks so much!

[BulletPulse]

This is great. Thanks.

[tariqwalji]

Insert C++ vs Java argument here :P

Sorry couldn't help it! I can already see everyone's blood boiling...

[GyroVorbis]

I was actually expecting the whole "JIT COMPILING IS FASTER THAN TRADITIONAL COMPILING!!!!111" argument to take hold. Then we would be in a huge battle between the speed of C/++ vs C#/Java.

[ajk321]

@GyroVorbis

lol just to say sumthing on that, C/++ would win :) people, the speed and skill level that you write code at, doesn't determine the compile speed.... unless you write crappy code...

[ajk321]

@ajk321

wait am i fucking retarded... i just contradicted myself... i should just shut up for now, and learn proper english

[chromosundrift]

@GyroVorbis can you see how the theoretical peak runtime speed for runtime compilation and optimization is higher than for static optimization?

You know EVERYONE used to say that asm was faster than C. THEN they said C++ was too slow compared to C.

There are two arguments. One is about the current speed of different specific languages. The other is about optimised compilation based on stuff like execution path and the actual performance of the architecture.

[inlinevoid]

Very nice! I'm really enjoying these weekly videos. 5 stars, as always.

[RyanPridgeon]

Wow, this was extremely useful. Thanks! :D

[Ginto8]

Awesome info. Falco was really lucky to find a girl as hot & smart as you =P

[kozzmin]

@Ginto8 so gelos!

[blackcoder41]

thanks again elysianshadows ^ ^

[SteveDeFacto]

I thought I already knew everything there was to know about this but I watched anyway. To my surprise I actually learned some new stuff!

[BinaryReader]

just a awesome video this one. 10/10

[BinaryReader]

I rate this video very high up on educational merit alone, well done.

[4a4ik]

you are sexy !

[quickshot14]

very nice and well explained thank you :)

[Mihawkler]

you are cool!

[ultimatedragoon69]

pretty sweet and explains alot i'll have my brother watch this, HAHA make him learn something.

[DIABLOVT12]

Spot on!

[WSPSNIPER2]

Nice, I love low level stuff

[aamesxdavid]

That was really awesome!

[mv2112mv]

Can't wait untill next tutorial! 0_o

[TledgEs]

Interesting stuff, appreciate the video

[LoZFan88]

I'm really liking these educational videos :D

[MrTomoso]

Nice summary of this. Pretty much covered everything I learnt at college :P Nice work

[killeraevis51]

Nice!