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sgtnoodle on Sept 22, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Why I Write Games in C (yes, C)

Kerbal Space Program is a lot of fun, but for me it freezes for half a second every 10 seconds... due to garbage collection. Drives me crazy.

exDM69 on Sept 22, 2019 [–]

Even on a fast PC, Kerbal Space Program audio is choppy because of GC pauses.

It's successful in spite of that, but that doesn't make it any better.

kungito on Sept 22, 2019 | [–]

But maybe it had to do with them being able to use a higher level library, not worry about gc, and focus on other things

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