ZINC vs. cJass

[Vosty]

The thread title says it all.
Which you do you like better? Which one is betterly made?
Battle Away!

 

[PurplePoot]

Which is better made? Obvious.

Which do I like better? Zinc, although I don't really like either of them so this is a bit silly.

 

[Vosty]

I would have to agree, just because cJass doesn't work like it should/

 

[syltman]

Syntax wise I like cJass more

however if I can't get it to work on Linux it's useless.

 

[thelifelessone]

I prefer cJASS over Zinc, and vJASS over the two.

 

[Vosty]

cJass may be nicer to use, but it doesn't follow the rules of C, because it wasn't made very well.
Most of you have probalbly seen the i++ demo where it adds the wrong numbers.

 

[thelifelessone]

Following the rules or C or not, it's still pretty useful.
I only use vJASS over it because I've been using vJASS longer.

 

[Vosty]

I still use vJass aswell, just because it is so clean. I just wanted to know what people like better of the two.

 

[PurplePoot]

C/++ have the problem with ++ as well (although not quite as many as cJASS).

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

cJass all the way. Vex can make his own syntax all he wants, but cJass has #defines, better than any retarded text macro.

And the i++ problem? Maybe if you use something ridiculously complicated. I assure you, ++ has never not worked for me and saves half the typing.

 

[Vosty]

It only doesnt work right if you use it twice in one line. For instance:

i = 3
h = (i++) + (i++)

It sets h to 10, instead of 9.
I'm sure thats not how cJass really looks. I haven't done much with it besides a demo run.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

Why would you want to do that?

 

[PurplePoot]

Why would you want to do that?

Because in certain complicated loops etc it makes your life easier, which is kind of the point of ++. The fact that it doesn't actually work doesn't help.

Also, you can use #define with Zinc (ie use cJASS only for #define), so that isn't really an argument.

 

[Mooglefrooglian]

cJass actually ignores zinc blocks.

 

[Vosty]

^^
Is that a defence to what Purplepoot just said? I didn't get the relation between the posts.

 

[PurplePoot]

cJass actually ignores zinc blocks.

Strange and rather scummy. That would be the equivalent of JH blocking cJASS.

Yet another reason to dislike cJASS I guess.