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From: rayb AT fc DOT hp DOT com (Raymond Bingham)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
Subject: Re: Check out my demo game!
Followup-To: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
Date: 7 Aug 1997 15:04:13 GMT
Organization: Hewlett-Packard Fort Collins Site
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References: <33e62ef4 DOT 15019110 AT news DOT eunet DOT be> <vp4JMCAT+G6zEwCx AT wishingtree DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

I uncovered clues pointing to Kris (jan AT wishingtree DOT demon DOT co DOT uk) having written:
>In article <01bca12e$a4748b00$492ccccf AT bubbas>, "Robert W. Largent"
[snip]
>I dunno, can you get a job by using a library though?  I'd have thought
>most companies wouldn't employ someone who could only use libraries and
>not able to program their games from scratch.  Personally, I try to
>avoid libraries, because their too easy to get comfortable with.

This is a more valuable skill than you might imagine.  Many companies
already have a codebase and are more interested in knowing if you are 
willing to work WITH other people rather than insist on pioneering the 
most advanced linked list functions, etc. 

Best regards,

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