What programming language did they use to create Minecraft?

1	What programming language did they use to create Minecraft? minecraft programming games asked Nov 25 '10 at 22:02 iFreakshow 1.3k●88●95●121 edited Mar 13 '11 at 17:51 ryebread761 7.5k●214●241●322

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Java. That's why it's required to play the game.

answered Nov 25 '10 at 22:08

TomMaxwell
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It's also why its such a resource hog.

(Mar 13 '11 at 17:40) nso95

That's completely irrelevant.

(Mar 13 '11 at 18:04) Justin

@Justin: Maybe not. Resource issues can be the fault of either the software itself or the underlying platforms; and Java is quite infamous for memory leaks and lack of performance. So unless somebody wants to benchmark it versus a Minecraft on a port to another platform, I'm calling this one plausible.

(Mar 13 '11 at 18:51) tsilb

quite relevant actually, java is bad on resource usage.

(Mar 14 '11 at 00:18) trueb

Notch seems to be, at least, a fairly avid programmer. If a game like Minecraft uses the resources it uses and was developed by such a programmer, I'd say it's the JRE's fault. More of the JRE's fault, at least.

(Apr 28 '11 at 22:05) kmark937

Actually, it IS partly Notch's fault. Remember, this software only just recently left ALPHA, and he's mostly concentrating on adding new features. He's not focusing on optimization. He is a very skilled programmer (though not entirely legible... I've read bits of his code. Just look at the names of the .class files in Minecraft and see), but he's not focusing on optimization right now. He's working on features. And with the modding API he's been working on lately, it's not going to be running extremely quickly any time soon.

(Apr 28 '11 at 22:29) HHBones

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CryEngine 3, he hasn't used it to its full potential yet though, it's almost there

answered Apr 13 '11 at 03:31

Zlpha
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He's really pushing it to the max, isn't he. I mean, I look outside, and then I look at Minecraft, and I can't tell the difference.

(Apr 28 '11 at 22:25) HHBones

Notch used Java, probably because it runs on all major operating systems...

answered Mar 13 '11 at 18:53

CTCB
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Notch used Java because that is the programming language he's most experienced with.

(Mar 13 '11 at 23:03) Kiryu13

Both are probably trye

(Mar 13 '11 at 23:53) guthix0009

Notch used Java because it is getting faster and also because the way it is structured makes it easier for what he wanted. Also it would be easier to add updates and find bugs because Java is made up of .Java and in those .Java you<ll find .class files and those .class files are like sub programs. So it<s easy to spot a bug or to change the behavior of certain mob charaters, etc. And another thing is that Java is widely available on many platforms.

answered Apr 12 '11 at 23:44

ambysasa
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Or because he knew the language.

(Apr 13 '11 at 22:21) nso95

Anything that requires a virtual machine to run is going to be a dog compared to natively compiled applications.

(Apr 14 '11 at 01:57) Duodave

0	java is what was used. One easy way to tell is if it requires Java to load. answered Apr 28 '11 at 21:37 geekytechguy 426●7●8●17

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