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tacotacotaco | 2 years ago
No, I was criticizing premature optimization. I explicitly stated “there are definitely opportunities to improve Godot”. I took offense to devs joining the community and nearly immediately proclaiming ‘this is all wrong and you have to do it my way.’ Well, if it’s not right for you then move on, thanks for visiting.
If we’re to be so focused on performance then why not ditch c# also and only use c++ or rust exclusively? Better memory utilization, better processor performance[1], and no more garbage collection stutters. Oh right, it’s not your preferred language.
I’d rather we all just make games instead of fighting language wars, but seeing so many of these posts in the last week makes the community feel hostile.
[1] https://programming-language-benchmarks.vercel.app/rust-vs-c...
johnnyanmac|2 years ago
The author has already crossed the part out suggesting to remove GDScript. Which was overblown as it was one of 3 different suggestions.
Either way, even for the rude provocateurs, two wrongs don't make a right. I've follow Godot with a loose ear and it's not a surprise that there are significant performance issues in the engine. I'm glad someone is digging deeper rather than just saying "Godot isn't ready for 3D" and dismissing opportunites to grow.
>If we’re to be so focused on performance then why not ditch c# also and only use c++ or rust exclusively?
Because you didn't get to the part of the article where it is mentioned that GDExensions uses the same api bindings as GDScript. So they are all affected by this, no matter what binding you make. Your only recourse is diving into the guts of Godot and rearranging how it works. Which is first of all, already in flight by the core team (redundancy) and secondly, not a kind of change you can easily PR in if you want to contribute (which is more hostile to the engine than any random post on social media).
And yes, this is the dismissal I'm talking about. "well just use another engine" is a pretty bad approach for a growing community when receiving honest feedback with benchmarks to back it up. The author makes a long post detailing the inner guts of the engine and people cherry pick one conclusion they don't like and want to push the author out of the community.
tacotacotaco|2 years ago
I am aware of the part about how this affects bindings for all languages. My point still stands that this is premature optimization. The author even admits, “In some projects 95% of the CPU load is in an algorithm which never touches the engine APIs. In that case, none of this matters.”
So again, if this is about performance then why not remove c# as well? If we’re to “tear it all down and start again” we might as well do it in rust. Oh? If I want a rust game engine I should look at Bevy. Is saying that really a second “wrong”?
I don’t have anything against this author specifically. I respect that they did more than simply look at the showcase screenshots to make their assessment. My initial comment was more a general expression of frustration with the prevailing attitude on various forums. I like reading r/godot to see individuals creating games, not creating grief. (Frankly, I found the Unity memes to be a bit mean spirited as well.) I acknowledge my initial comment did nothing to remedy the situation but I was tired of hearing it. I have since stopped reading that subreddit. Enjoy your c# crusade.
Rapzid|2 years ago
Is this in response to the article in question? Because they are spot on with their assessments and those API issues need to get sorted. They impact bindings and all extensions including C++. The core devs seem to concur on this, it's just a matter of how it happens.
tacotacotaco|2 years ago