From:	"A. Sinan Unur" <asu1 AT cornell DOT edu>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer
Subject:	Re: Check out my demo game!
Date:	Mon, 04 Aug 1997 18:20:21 -0400
Organization:	Cornell University http://www.cornell.edu
Lines:	28
Sender:	asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified)
Message-ID:	<33E655A5.7D37@cornell.edu>
References:	<33e62ef4 DOT 15019110 AT news DOT eunet DOT be> <01bca11c$5384ce60$45025cc3 AT neverworks->
Reply-To:	asu1 AT cornell DOT edu
NNTP-Posting-Host:	cu-dialup-0030.cit.cornell.edu
Mime-Version:	1.0
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

Gareth Davies wrote:

> One other point. I would be interested in everyone's opinion of 
> Allegro. I can't actually use it because I use Watcom, but is it 
> really sensible to use this library (as good as it might be). Aren't 
> people missing out on the learning experience which would otherwise be 
> gained by doing these things yourself ??? as well as a lost ability 
> later on to optimise the codeto your needs (I know you get the source, 
> but if you don't understand it, you can't optimise it). I'm not 
> looking for flames, just genuine opinions.

the same can be said of the standard library functions, too. by getting
a stdio fprintf, are people missing out on the opportunity to learn how
to write functions that take a variable number of arguments? one can
still learn a lot using an api that abstracts from the nitty-gritty,
especially by keeping an open mind about what can be improved upon and
discussing those.
-- 
   Sinan
 
*******************************************************************
 A. Sinan Unur                                WWWWWW
                                              |--O+O
 mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu                C   ^ 
 http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/     \  ~/ 

Unsolicited e-mail is _not_ welcome, and will be billed for.
*******************************************************************

- Raw text -