Humongous Python (O'Reilly) [LWN.net]

Stephen Figgins writes about the use of Python by Humongous Entertainment. "While several game companies are now using Python in their games, Dawson says they are one of the few companies using Python as the base language of their game. "In most games, the game itself is written in C++ and they call out to the scripting language for a few triggers or AI events or something. With our games, and the Disney game Toontown, the executable is Python.exe. You boot up with a python script that starts the game, and it calls out the C++ modules to do the heavy lifting, like the graphics and sound. The game logic is written in Python, with the C++ off in the leaf nodes, instead of the reverse, which is much more common.""

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