Mail Archives: djgpp/1998/08/05/04:00:26
Vic wrote:
> Merlin wrote:
> > True.. I don;'t mind people using allegro or whatever else.. i just don;t think
> > it's an excuse to stop learning how to do them...
>
> but you see, allegro as it is today took more than 2 years to develop.
> of course, since it's a general library, not optimised for a certain
> gme, you could make parts of it faster (like 3D poly drawers) but it's
> still a good lib and you would waste your time reinventing the wheel.
> About learning, I agree you should have SOME understanding of what is
> going on, but, you have to agree with me, you can NEVER learn
> *everything*, there's always going to be something that you don't know
> that someone else does.
True.. "A man who claims he knows everything knows nothing" - Confucius (sp).You can
not learn everthing..there is simply too much.
> So at some point you have to stop learning (you're not a walking
> enciclopedia after all)
you don't have to stop learning... you just won't get to everthing... which is where
_I_ thing allegro _should_ come in to play.
> and use the tools available to you.
> For example do you know how every part ogf your computer works?
No.. But i haven't stopped learning.
> me, I know some of them, the others, I couldn't care less... even if I would spend
> my entire life just learning stuff, I don't think I would reach 5% of all the
> knoweldge in the world.
No...but IMO you don;t need to stop learning just because learning everthing is
impossible..but this i just what i think... other's may think differently.
Merlin.
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