03-29-2003, 07:56 AM
I have to agree with Toonski about that, with the exception of the "I dont think that's a great challenge" part, unless you were talking about the "challenge" to learn from other people's source code, in which case I have to agree again.
3D weapon engine... *duh* ...a raytracer should I suppose? :-?
And about the translator thingo, if the requirement it's just some sort of dictionary, then that's easy as hell (it's just a relational database), but if you're talking about a real translator, that's a incredibly difficult thing to do. Seriously.
As a matter of fact, even the most advanced software translation package isn't capable of translating a simple paragraph from english to spanish or viceversa with a 100% of accuracy. Remember than the program also should be capable of recognize the context where the word was used, grammatical structures and a lot of things. So... to make a good one is a great challenge.
3D weapon engine... *duh* ...a raytracer should I suppose? :-?
And about the translator thingo, if the requirement it's just some sort of dictionary, then that's easy as hell (it's just a relational database), but if you're talking about a real translator, that's a incredibly difficult thing to do. Seriously.
As a matter of fact, even the most advanced software translation package isn't capable of translating a simple paragraph from english to spanish or viceversa with a 100% of accuracy. Remember than the program also should be capable of recognize the context where the word was used, grammatical structures and a lot of things. So... to make a good one is a great challenge.
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