From: DavMac AT iname DOT com (Davin McCall)
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Subject: Re: Why not DJGPP?
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 1999 04:51:35 GMT
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On Fri, 22 Oct 1999 15:24:46 -0600, Jared Stevens <stevja AT lineo DOT com>
wrote:

>	With DJGPP, you have allegro, and Jonipx, RSXNTDJ,
>and tons of various other stuff... by writing code under djgpp, I've learned to
>use libraries, but I haven't learned any of the low level algorythms it takes
>to do serious graphics... heck, for me and most of the programmers in my class,
>without allegro, we are still in text mode. Using DJGPP is robbing us of
>knowledge.

Oh come off it! Nothing is *forcing* you to use those libraries. I've
written a game using DJGPP which used VGA graphics and keyboard
interrupts without even looking at the Allegro library, and without
using anyones code but my own & a friends (who incidentally wrote most
of the game engine, but none of the lower level stuff - I did all that
myself).

Davin.
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