Already opened my journal for just a few hours, and a interesting question came along. Why not program the game in Java? why use C++?

Java is a language I am quite familiar with, when making bussiness applications and making OBDC Connections, Java does have a lot of advantages over C++, and I will name a few of them.

Java:

Platform independant works on any platform
Garbage Collection (unused objects in the memory get destroyed)
Easier to do OOP with
lots of free compilers (Elipse, Netbeans)

C++

Much faster then Java
almost every game is written in in C++
lots of SDK's and API's require C++ knowledge specially for games

The biggest issue with C++ is memoryleaks, since I am quite a beginner when it comes to doing C++ and lowlevel coding, I hope that these things will go well, but it will be depedant on how vigilant I will be in keeping memory usage to a minimum and ensuring I remove objects that are not longer neccesary in the memory. The reason I chose C++ is purely because I find it an interesting language, and its also much faster then JAva, futhermore most of my experience in Java has been in school, and i found it quite a bothersome class to complete - not because it was a hard to learn language,indeed it was much easier then C++ in retrospect.

Teacher expectations, and basically ignorance of the existance of C++ made me dislike doing JAva because most teachers who consider themselves "great programmers" only stick to Java because of its garbage collection and ease of use with websites. Even a basic algoritm class where I had lots of C++ code for, and experience the teacher enforced me to use JAva because it was "beter" eventhough the hashtable in Java 1.5 was horrible, and I had to write the stupid table myself ;). There was also an class I followed that was for computer games, but it was for MFC and with the Rudy Rucker book, thankfully I am allowed by the school to assist them with making the minor in game design and development more interactive and challenging :)

C++ is that sense is a much lower language, therefore it gives me more power to do the things I want. And its also the main reason i want to learn C++ and DirectX. Futhermore my work wants me to try and make a TWAIN Interface for their software, so again C++ will be fun to learn! and I hope to be able to master it with ease :)

My system specs:

Athlon64X2 4200+
2x 1 GIG Corsair CL2
Geforce 7900GT 256MB
2x 160 GIG SATA II Maxtor Drives
Soundblaster Extigy Music edition
Asus A8NE 1014 Motherboard

Software:

Windows XP SP2
Visual Studio 2005 Pro Edition (the joys of being a student!)
Directx SDK April Refresh

Books:

Ultimate Programming with DirectX -
Programming Windows 5'th edition - Charles Petzold
3d Maths Primer - Worldware
C++ beginners guide