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by ImprobableTruth 2210 days ago
I don't know, to me the choice of their own NotPython as the main language seems like an incredible misstep to me. It's lacking in features (last time I checked they didn't even support basic things like lambdas), tooling and libraries.

There's a reason why both Unreal and Unity moved away from providing their own language.
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nightowl_games 2210 days ago
I thought it was a massive misstep until I started using it heavily.

Now I really like it.

As to lack of lambdas, yes there are no lambdas, but coroutines are a first class citizen in gdscript, and network libraries, like Nakama for instance, use coroutines heavily. I prefer coroutines to lambdas anyways, and I think the industry is moving towards coroutines.

There are a ton of good things about gdscript. I was a hater on it until I started using it, and then I realised how quickly it allows me to do stuff.

Besides, I'm staring at the worlds worst Unity project right now.

Languages dont matter as much as system design.

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ImprobableTruth 2210 days ago
Coroutines and lambdas are orthogonal features. if the language supports it, a lambda can be a coroutine. Arguing that one will replace the other strikes me as nonsensical.

And I don't hate gdscript, I just think it's incredibly half-baked and feels very immature. It's understandable that they only have limited resources, but that doesn't make my experience with it better.

Languages matter an incredible amount because of how heavily they influence system design. You can design an awful system in any language, but if you have to treat everything like a nail because you only have a hammer, you're bound to make a lot of awful decisions.

Edit: also, good IDE support really is incredibly helpful for working on larger projects

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nightowl_games 2210 days ago
Im thinking of both lambdas and coroutines as techniques for asynchronous programming - like the 'complete' callback for a network call, for instance.

For functional programming, yeah there's no equivalent to a lambda in gdscript, but again, I think it's exceptionally well suited for the kinds of things you do in typical, run of the mill, game dev.

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SquareWheel 2210 days ago
Seems lambdas are coming in 4.0.

https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/2684#issuecommen...

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