Gaming and other programming languages chat thread

[Gobi]

http://docs.yoyogames.com/
teaches GML (Game Maker Language) very very well.



What codings
are the its version of its GML counterpart?


For example if to do if (place_meeting(x+57,y,(100013))) in C++ is
if (meeting_at_a_place(x+57,y,instance_with_a_unique_id(100013)))
you would type something like


GML version of place_meeting:

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if (place_meeting(x+57,y,(100013)));

C++ version of place_meeting

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if (meeting_at_a_place(x+57,y,instance_with_a_unique_id(100013)))

[Enjl]

I don't think either of these lines is valid.... they state a condition, but never continue it.
That being said,if you were to use C++ you wouldn't we working with a global pool of arbitrary IDs. You would also have to specify which object the x and y coordinates belong to, unless they're global static variables.
GML is a pretty oddball language. It's easy to get into, but doesn't exactly teach many good practices or things you will see mirrored in other languages. Most prominently is its absense of proper booleans.