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Explain the difference.

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Many modern languages include both features.

There are pros and cons to both of these. A suitable response would be use the right
structure for the right job. Event driven would consist of using controls (such as a GUI) which
react to actions from the user (was a button clicked) - when this action occurs it will trigger an event.

You can use both things for many different projects. If you really want to break it down further, then
you have to look at "which technique is norm for A and which is for B". And even then, both of these
answers would have pros and cons and different responses by different people all coming from different
levels of experience from each fraction.

Would Nintendo write Super Mario in a event driven language? Yes - they probably would - but the underlying
code base would be scripting language to handle game events handled by a game engine - and a higher level
language to create or allocate memory (C++).

Technology moves so quickly it is always difficult to fully understand both sides of an argument of which brand to use.

Wishes Ada xx

Originally Posted by Comp10-41

Yeah, I don't understand. To be honest my question is more of a personal opinion question and it would be really helpful if you could say which one and then explain why, so whether it is more efficient or easier to learn or use, or do different things etc.

Which is your favorite tool: connecting different parts of wood, or painting? Explain what each one is and why you prefer that tool.

In other words, your question isn't really valid.

Originally Posted by Comp10-41

The high-level programming languages are more like python C++ and java, whereas event-driven programs are those that wait for a user input until they will respond, so things like games that wait for a user to do something until they complete the next piece of code.

You can write games in python, c++, or Java. Your dichotomy here doesn't really make sense.

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Originally Posted by Ada Lovelace

Would Nintendo write Super Mario in a event driven language? Yes - they probably would

The original Super Mario was written in assembly language.

The original Super Mario was written in assembly language.

Indeed it was - I was sort of talking about the Wii U versions but yes it well designed and to be honest
considering the tiny amount of processing power the original NES console had - what they produced was
nothing short of genius

Wishes Ada xx

Originally Posted by Ada Lovelace

I was sort of talking about the Wii U versions

The Wii U, just like most post-16-bit consoles, probably uses C or C++.

My point is that this is irrelevant, as the OP's question sets up a false dichotomy: some languages are high-level (whatever that means) and event-driven. Some are low-level and event driven. Some are both. Some are neither. In fact, it can have more to do with the algorithms you use than it does the language you're using. The OP's question isn't really valid.