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If you want Python to go faster, use PyPy.
Alas, I might have to wait, as I tend to use Python 3.8 and it's not supported yet -- though mainly I use it for types, it might actually run in 3.7
I am currently planning a client server architecture for a game that requires Bullet Physics with UDP on the backend, and I'm weighing different options, I initially wanted to use Go but it would require interfacing Bullet's C++ API with C so it's not a feasible option. I'm currently considering Twisted + Bullet's Python API.
Quesrions for people familiar with the industry: my understanding is that UDP is optimal for fast-pased games, you don't have to wait for re-sends of old packets, etc. However, it seems you can't just flick a switch and get encrypted connection like you can with TLS. So what do people normally use? Does everyone do a custom AES-packet or something?
I assume it will change quite a few things for these kind of needs.
Looks like a perfect case for erlang. And while we are at it, one of existing xmpp servers written in erlang. One puny $2/month server will serve thousands of users without sweating.
I feel like I have to ask: where are you getting a server that'll run arbitrary erlang code for 2 bucks a month? The absolute cheapest I've seen seems to be 5, from digitalocean/linode
Author contemplating an eventual C++ rewrite, but this is a perfect use case for Rust. When you want performance and where memory mistakes can be a serious security problem.
> but this is a perfect use case for Rust Idk it seems like for someone prototyping things alone, Python is the perfect langauge
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That's quite a ridiculous statement in this context. Even highly-trained, extremely smart developers are proven to not be able to use C without introducing gaping security holes. That's not "it can hurt you". That's "it hurts you and everyone that is exposed to your RCE machine".
C is not C++. There is a reason core services for DHCP, DNS, etc are built in C and not Rust. If you're a careless developer you can have security vulnerabilities in any language.
Might as well plug the game server I wrote over the summer. It's a python UDP server that I was able to scale to over 100 concurrent users based on various sources, but mostly the Gaffer On Games blog. I chose python because I wanted game development to be fun. Ultimately, I couldn't find an existing python framework for multiplayer games that scaled well to my needs. [1] https://pypi.org/project/mpgameserver/
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I feel like I have to ask: where are you getting a server that'll run arbitrary erlang code for 2 bucks a month? The absolute cheapest I've seen seems to be 5, from digitalocean/linode
Scalewsy Stardust instances are 1.9Eur/m. https://www.scaleway.com/en/stardust-instances/