Okay my Intro to Programming class at school is using Game Maker 7 now from YoYo Games. I noticed a lot of similar stuff in the programming language Game Maker uses compared to Dream Maker. However, there are substantial syntax changes. Like the switch() statement for example...

> //DM syntax
> switch(expression)
>     if(value1)
>     if(value2)
>     //...etc
> 
> //GM syntax
> switch(expression);
> {
>     case value1;
>         break; //The break HAS to be there in GM syntax
>     //...etc
> }
>

First off, what is the point of the {} symbols? Can't the program parse/compile the programming based on lines and indentation like Dream Maker?

Secondly, those stupid semicolons on literally EVERY line is pretty annoying >_> Again kind of pointless. I see why they're used since I know what they do in DM syntax, but it's very pointless in GM syntax. Another parsing/compiling complaint >_>

I just hate how Game Maker is so nit-picky when it comes to syntax. It's not really as flexible as I'd like it to be.

// Your listed GM syntax
switch(expression);
{
    case value1;
        break; //The break HAS to be there in GM syntax
    //...etc
}

// C++ syntax
switch(expression)
{
    case value1:
        break; // The break doesn't have to be there, but usually needs to be (otherwise it continues to the next case)
    case value2:
        break; // last case, but it's good practice to add a break here anyway
}

Okay my Intro to Programming class at school is using Game Maker 7 now from YoYo Games. I noticed a lot of similar stuff in the programming language Game Maker uses compared to Dream Maker. However, there are substantial syntax changes. Like the switch() statement for example...

> //DM syntax
> switch(expression)
>     if(value1)
>     if(value2)
>     //...etc
> 
> //GM syntax
> switch(expression);
> {
>     case value1;
>         break; //The break HAS to be there in GM syntax
>     //...etc
> }
>

First off, what is the point of the {} symbols? Can't the program parse/compile the programming based on lines and indentation like Dream Maker?

Secondly, those stupid semicolons on literally EVERY line is pretty annoying >_> Again kind of pointless. I see why they're used since I know what they do in DM syntax, but it's very pointless in GM syntax. Another parsing/compiling complaint >_>

Thirdly, you can't even pass TEXT ALONE to the "scripts" in GM as an argument. It HAS to be a DEFINED variable. No acceptions.

Fourthly (if that's even a word), there's the case of the use of brackets in GM compared to DM. In DM you can use brackets to reference a variable for anything it seems whereas in GM, you're very limited.

I do like Game Maker for features like easy PATH creation and the such, but I still prefer Dream Maker when it comes to simplicity in my opinion, even though Game Maker's supposedly more simple. I guess it's because I have more DM experience than GM experience :)

I'm not "flaming" Game Maker, just giving my opinion on the subject. Any other opinions would be nice.

4. What? You can use brackets in DM to reference any variable...? Since when?

Also, in Game Maker, it is much easier to return any variable belonging to anything than in DM, and can be done in multiple ways.

If anything, GM has one of the worst syntaxs ever, simply because it is so loose and sloppy that it practically does not even exist. One of the major problems with Game Makers language is simply how horribly sloppy it usually looks.

Incidentally...JavaScript...requires the use of semi-colons after every statement.

    function Hello ()
    {
        alert("Hello World!")
    }

Jerico2day wrote:

...In PHP, you can do it like "text $stringvar text", or "text".$stringvar."text". Where the dot(.) groups two strings together.

Close!

Replace 'groups' with 'concatenates' or 'joins'.