In computer programming, a program chrestomathy is a collection of similar programs written in various programming languages, for the purpose of demonstrating differences in syntax, semantics and idioms for each language. This term is thought[according to whom?] to have been first used by Eric S. Raymond in the Retrocomputing Museum web site. It is used by analogy to a linguistic chrestomathy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrestomathy

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1527573/language-syntax-comparison

I have been thinking of making something like this myself, and today when looking up language syntax comparisons, I found out that there is actually a name for it. CHRESTOMATHY!

The chrestomathies I found looking through Stack Overflow are not quite verbatim, but I guess that is how languages are? Perhaps there is always some interpretation going on?

Check out this list for making a hello World Program.

And check out the various tasks that are collected for over 500 languages.

It would be nice if there were game chrestomathies, or perhaps it would be a nice thread on this site? It would probably have to be more than a thread, perhaps a whole new category.

I would only expect the top languages to be mentioned here, like C++, Lua, C#, Java, etc.

Anyone know of any game programming related chrestomathies for C++ to Lua? Or perhaps from C++ to Java?

I would like some for Lua to C++ particularly.

Gotta say, I never heard that word in my life. Anyway, rosettacode is the website I usually hit on google when I need a quick code recipe. I think it does its thing well. What would be specific enough to qualify as game development related?

The chrestomathies I found looking through Stack Overflow are not quite verbatim, but I guess that is how languages are? Perhaps there is always some interpretation going on?

Yes, one could say some things are lost in translation. If all languages looked exactly the same, they would all be the same. And there are of course often multiple ways of writing the same program, all equally valid and efficient, code is to a large extent influenced by the developer, you can sometimes recognize the author just by reading the code if you know him well enough (and I don't just mean style, also the way the program logic as a whole flows).

oh god, another buzz word :)

a simple search using none buzz words gives this

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_programming_languages_(syntax)

This presupposes that there is one "right" way to do the thing in question, or at least one specific "general" case. There are lots of different ways to write the same game loop in a given language. Which one should be provided as the "translation" from another language?

I fail to see the usefulness of this as anything other than a curiosity. Sounds like an attempt to cut learning corners to me.

The usefulness is if you started a game in one language, and wanted to adapt it to another, you could do so faster, or at least get a head start.

It would get too complicated where APIs are concerned perhaps.

The tic tac toe example is almost a good example of what I am thinking of, except that there could have been a better translation.

The usefulness is if you started a game in one language, and wanted to adapt it to another, you could do so faster, or at least get a head start.

How? By taking each bit of your game, finding the equivalent bit on an online chrystanthamum or whatever its called, looking up the translation then copying that into your new game?

Sounds far easier to just, you know, learn the new language to me.