From:	Vic <tudor AT cam DOT org>
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Subject:	Re: Check out my demo game!
Date:	Fri, 08 Aug 1997 09:37:45 -0400
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Kris wrote:
> 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.
Well, I love Allegro!
And about the companies, well, you're thinking like this: "Using this
lib shows I can't do things myself and nobody will hire me". But think
about it this way: "Using this lib shows that I have no problem adapting
to new environments and using other programmers' code". Considering you
won't be the only programmer on that project, this is a *good* thing,
since you will have to deal with code that's not yours (you write the 3D
engine, someone else is with sound, another guy is with the network
stuff, and you all have to work together).
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