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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT natacha DOT inti DOT edu DOT ar>
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Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:00:45 +0000
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Subject: Re: Allegro future

> GEORGE ARUGAY MONTEMAYOR wrote:
> > 
> > shaman AT nlc DOT net DOT au wrote:
> > :       Another question: Why is allegro pure C? Why not C++? Some of the
> > : things in allegro are just crying out for proper OO. Take the bitmaps
> > : for example. Now we have "create_bitmap" and "destroy_bitmap". Why not
> > 
> > One word: speed.  OO is slow.
> > 
> > -george
> 
> Another word: disagree.
More Words: Can be slower is bad implemented, in general is 
practically the same speed but you don't gane flexibility, when you 
start using the whole C++ you gain flexibility but you loose some 
speed, but again depends on the design.

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