Java rules

[Java Cool Dude]

I'm a freshamn at Fitchburg state college located in Massachusetts.
I chose CSC (compter science) as major since I'm pretty in love with computers, video games and 3D objects.
Well in my major, java is mandatory for all the freshmen.
So after 3 months of eager eyes runing on my student book" Java Programming by course technology" I've finally coded what I consider : My first strike .
Check it out here
My dream is to become a talented coder like John Carmack, and therefore I don't hesitate to stay up all night to code new interesting stuff.
Fvck parties, fvck hanging around with friends I love java and that's all what I care about .
Next semester I'll hopefully move to Umass Lowell to learn C++, as I was told it is the way to go if I ever want to program games.
The thing is I find java pretty simple and powerfull.But it's kinda sluggish and I seriously doubt that a java-based game would ever run fluently .

Any advice about which language should I choose to accomplish my hopes?
thx

 

[JasonQG]

C++ will be easy for you to pick up the syntax on, since it's essentially the same. The tricky thing will be learning about pointers and memory management, since you've been working in a little utopian world where all that stuff is hidden from you. C++ is a nice language, but it has its issues. A lot of people think its days are numbered, but I don't know. The only languages that are really immune to time are assembly and C.

 

[pointreyes]

C++ will be easy for you to pick up the syntax on, since it's essentially the same. The tricky thing will be learning about pointers and memory management, since you've been working in a little utopian world where all that stuff is hidden from you. C++ is a nice language, but it has its issues. A lot of people think its days are numbered, but I don't know. The only languages that are really immune to time are assembly and C.

I have to concur with JasonQG. The biggest reason that assembly and C are seemingly immune is due to the speed of the two languages. How many applications and OSes are build on Java? Until a massive shift occurs in this arena and the speed follows, then maybe Java will be a bigger player. I know that Oracle has a fairly large focus on Java and I think Novell is build on Java. What others are there?

 

[shadow_QWTF]

C++ day are numbered for the mass but not in some part of the market. First when you program a game you dont do it in java or vb You do it in c or in c++. C++ is better if you know the POO because you can reuse your code a lot. A sequel or an update will be better. Also some os like Symbian OS ( a mobile OS who will be on 90% of the next generation phone ) is programmed on c++. The os support two type of developping c++ and java. Java is great for some application but for kernel developement and prog who need more speed c++ is the only choice. Also c++ isn't very slow compared to c. You lost some speed when you use a lot of class but the diff isnt great.

C++ will lost a great part of the market but dont forget this is the fastest POO language. Right now the compagny where i work use 80% of c , 19% c++ and 1 % java. We are developing driver for multiple os and in some os we need to work on c++ and c. The 1% of java is some testing program we develop.