Date:	Mon, 3 Jul 1995 08:25:34 +0300
From:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
To:	94024831 AT pandora DOT mit DOT csu DOT edu DOT au
Subject:	Re: SIMPLE graphics?
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>	I've just managed to download all of djgpp including 'GRX'. I was
> not impressed! Can any graphix-type people give me an indication of what
> they thought/think of GRX. I thought it was too much like the usual TP/TC++
> BGI library with the hundreds of functions and graphics modes. I also didn't
> like the fact that whoever made GRX didn't seem to know how to draw a
> simple circle or ellipse. They where approximated by a polygon! I don't
> know how much of a speed-up this gives, but hasn't anyone heard of
> Bresenham? Within a month of me getting the older version (from a
> shareware destributor) I had made up a function that drew circles using
> Bresenhams' method. It was pretty fast too, considering I only have a
> 386-25 (pitiful isn't it?).

GRX (like most of DJGPP) is written and maintained by a volunteer (I'm not
the one).  Instead of flaming that individual for allegedly writing poor
code and for being ignorant about the subject matter (without even a single
IMHO to sweeten the pill!), why not take your time and effort to improve on
it?  For example, why didn't you post that Bresenham-based circle-drawing
function you've written, so that others could benefit?

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