From: swarsmatt AT aol DOT com (SWars Matt)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Allegro putpixel speed ?
Date: 3 Jan 1998 18:36:14 GMT
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Ashod wrote
:>test2() seems to run much faster than test1 ( sure its direct, but
>allegro seems to use its putpixel for other functions too, isnt
>that a tad bit slow ? )

I think the putpixel function performs clipping (it checks that the coordinates
you give it are inside the screen), which makes it slower.