BlitzMax 1.0 review

BlitzMax is the new, next generation game programming language from Blitz Research.

License: Demo OS: Windows Vista / 7 / 8 / 10 File size: 7707K Developer: Blitz Research Buy Now Price: $80.00 Updated: 18 Jan 2005

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BlitzMax is the new, next generation game programming language from Blitz Research. BlitzMax retains the BASIC roots of Blitz3D and BlitzPlus, but adds a ton of cool new features and abilities.

Features:
Function pointers
Fully dynamic arrays
Inheritance and polymorphism
'By reference' function parameters
Byte, Short, Int, Long, Float and Double numeric data types
Array and string slicing
Flexible 'collection' system for dealing with linked lists etc
Low level pointer handling
UTF16 strings
The ability to 'Incbin' binary data and access it as easily as if it were a regular file
External language support for interfacing with C/C++/ObjectiveC or assembly code