From:	firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: DMA handling
Date:	8 Oct 1997 02:08:41 GMT
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H. Anthony Hoyt <hahoyt AT eng2 DOT uconn DOT edu> wrote:

> You know I have to say that I agree with firewind there on one point.  Now
> I know allegro is a great lib and it seems to do everything minus clean
> your house.  But If you have a "How do I do this" question, it shouldn't
> be replied.  "Oh just download such-and-such and let it do the work."  I'm
> working on a game that use mode 13h but I'm not useing allegro for any one
> bit of it.  I may use allegro as a refrence when I want to see how other
> people do things in pmode when i'm not too sure.  But I think that if you
> don't know how to code something, then just useing a lib and not codeing
> it yourself isn't going to help. IMHO.  Well I didn't want to start a
> flame war or e-mail bashing but I just had to say my peace.
>                                            Tony

Right, thank you. :)  How many of you would be terribly pleased if you took
a class on C, and when you asked how to do something, you were handed a copy
of _The C Answer Book_ but not _The C Programming Language_? (_The C Answer
Book_ provides answers to the exercises given in _The C Programming Language_)
Examples are fine, but without an explanation it is hard to learn.

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