Languages

Keeping up with the language standards

C

the standard that we currently teach in our C courses is C89
C99 introduced several new features and deprecated several features
- //
- long long
- variable length arrays
- inline functions
- variadic macros
- gets() deprecated
C1x is under preparation
- support international programming, minimize incompatibilities, projected publication in 2012
- improved Unicode support
- multi-threading
- _Generic keyword
shouldn't we start to teach C99 in preparation for C1x
- as of Visual Studio 2010 Microsoft had no plans to support C99

the standard that we teach is a mixture of pre-standard C++ and C++98
- C and function style casts are deprecated in C++98
C++0x is nearing completion
shouldn't we remove our dependencies on pre-standard C++ in preparation for C++0x

what are the minimum requirements for game programming students ?
are those requirements being met ?
GAM666/DPS901 brings together programming and systems for the first time
should enrollment in the introductory course be capped
should CPD students be given the option to take introductory game programming
- top CPD students who enroll often do well in this course
should workshops be added to these courses
should we issue game programming certificates