   Questions on Java capabilities
  I've given up on C++ for the time being so I thought I might give Java a shot. Pretty much all I want to know at the moment is whether it will be possible to do any of the following;1. create a scripting language2. create a rpg maker 2003/xp style program3. create a program with simple tools to create sprites4. create midi making softwarethese are all things I want to do so if any of them are possible in Java that would be great :D   
Quote:Original post by namingwayI've given up on C++ for the time being so I thought I might give Java a shot. Pretty much all I want to know at the moment is whether it will be possible to do any of the following;1. create a scripting language2. create a rpg maker 2003/xp style program3. create a program with simple tools to create sprites4. create midi making softwarethese are all things I want to do so if any of them are possible in Java that would be great :D1 yes (several exist already, such as pnuts and Jython)2 yes3 yes4 yes (someone here did exactly that late last year and documented it in a GDNet developer journal, but I can't remember who it was)   ;  Every language having turing equivalence can do everything what another turing equivalent can do. Therefore it's just easy to answer yes to all your questions. Thought then, I don't understand why you even asked. You could've as well asked "Is java turing equivalent?"[grin]So basicly, you could ask this with any X language, then one would just look up here if it is a turing equivalent, then put yes or no to your all questions whether it was or not.   ;  It’s up to you what software you could/would create with Java.   