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Message-ID: <D1FB30BBA491D1118E6D006097BCAE391CA347@Probe-nt-2a.Probe.co.uk>
From: Shawn Hargreaves <ShawnH AT Probe DOT co DOT uk>
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: WishList
Date: Fri, 27 Mar 1998 11:05:54 -0000
MIME-Version: 1.0

Angelo Pesce: writes:
> Other cool things:
>
> IPX/TCP-IP Networking support
> Windows sockets support

I don't think this is a suitable thing to include in Allegro. Of course
a good networking library would be a nice thing, and there are several
around, but it is a totally new and different thing to what Allegro
does, so it should be a separate library. There is no sense in merging
unrelated things just for the sake of it...

> Sound Input (recording)

Already done: see the WIP version on my website.

> Better 3d support

Like the networking, IMHO this kind of thing is better done as a 
different library. And in this case one already exists: MESA. It 
has some flaws (software rendering isn't especially fast), but this
can be improved by anyone who feels so inclined.

	Shawn Hargreaves

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