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SimCity Source Code Is Now Open
Tolkien writes "Source code for SimCity has been released under the GPLv3. For legal reasons the open source version was renamed Micropolis, which was apparently the original working title. The OLPC will also be getting a SimCity branded version that has been QA'ed by Electronic Arts. Some very cool changes have been made by Don Hopkins, who updated and ported what is now Micropolis. (Here is an earlier Slashdot discussion kicked off by a submission Don made.) Among other things, it has been revamped from the original C to using C++ with Python. Here is the page linking all the various source code versions. Happy hacking!"
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If you're going to confuse tornadoes with tsunamis and not mention Chernobyl, you might as well shut up and let someone more educated than you post a reply.
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Probably just to piss elitist morons like you off who think C is the be-all-end-all for every situation.
someone told me you fuck sheep 100% of the time
It wasn't just ported to C++, it was ported to a combination of C++ and Python. Great, so now instead of just someone putting together a binary and distributing it, I now have to install Python, and watch the thing try to compile the source code on the fly. I guess the speed of the game will now be permanately stuck on turtle, because if you speed it up, the event will be over with before Python can compile it. Hey, while we are at it, maybe we can take some old assembly code and convert it to Java!
It's funny how text book hackers get so involved in making 'the best code' with 'the best language' they never actually get anything 'on the market'.