From:	"r. v. paasen" <R DOT L DOT F DOT v DOT Paasen AT stud DOT tue DOT nl>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Allegro future
Date:	Wed, 11 Dec 1996 00:58:58 +0100
Organization:	Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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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.

Richard.
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