High-performance encapsulation in Casanova 2

Mohamed Abbadi; Francesco Di Giacomo; Agostino Cortesi; Pieter Spronck; Giulia Constantini; G. Maggiore

High-performance encapsulation in Casanova 2

Mohamed Abbadi, Francesco Di Giacomo, Agostino Cortesi, Pieter Spronck, Giulia Constantini, G. Maggiore

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Abstract

Encapsulation is a programming technique that helps developers keeping code readable and maintainable. However, encapsulation in modern object oriented languages often causes significant runtime overhead. Developers must choose between clean encapsulated code or fast code. In the application domain of computer games, speed of execution is of utmost importance, which means that the choice between clean and fast usually is decided in favor of the latter. In this paper we discuss how encapsulation is embedded in the Casanova 2 game development language, and show how Casanova 2 allows developers to write encapsulated game code which, thanks to extensive optimization, achieves at the same time high levels of performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 7th Computer Science & Electronic Engineering Conference
Publication status	Published - 2015
Event	CEEC 2015 - University of Essex, Essex, United Kingdom Duration: 24 Sept 2015 → 25 Sept 2015

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Conference	CEEC 2015
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Essex
Period	24/09/15 → 25/09/15

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