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From:	Merlin <merlin__ AT geocities DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: allegro == or != programming
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Date:	Mon, 03 Aug 1998 22:46:10 GMT
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Jerome Atchison wrote:

> I think everyone has missed the point.  Merlin is suggesting that we throw
> away valuable progress,

i did not suggest that anywhere in my message. I simply stated how i felt about
using it myself.

> so that we may all learn by trial and fire (opps I
> mean error).

this is how i learned... As well as other;s examples and many many other ways.

> This is an absurd idea.  We(the programming community)

you are speaking for everyone? even me?...

> would
> not have progressed this far if we subscribed to a philosophy such as this.
> None of use would have jobs, beacuse the computer would never have been
> invented.  Etc., Etc., Etc.

I think you have missed my point..

>
>
> I suggest to Merlin to try writting his next program in assembler, because C
> is to assembler, like Allegro is to C++.  This might give him the
> understanding that his questing for.
>

If i write a program that print's out hello world...I could duplicate that in
assembler in about 2 mins. :-)besides that is not what i meant... I meant that
people should not stop learning just because it's allready been done.
but thanks for you opinion anyway.

              Merlin.


Jerome.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Merlin <merlin__ AT geocities DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
> Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 4:55 AM
> Subject: allegro == or != programming
>
> >I am just curious on what most people think about allegro....
> >Not to put down allegro or anything (it does have it's uses) but isn't
> >it sort-of like cheating in a way? I mean, it's like having all the
> >important stuff done for you... the only thing required is an idea
> >(although this is sometimes the hardest part)...
> >I guess allegro is ok for a hobbist programmer and for learning, but for
> >people who want to program for a living... It seems as if they are
> >trying to take a shortcut. Like they are not interested in learning
> >anything but the syntax of a programming language or just plain too lazy
> >to actually do it themselves...  In my opinion if you are going to take
> >these kinds of shortcuts it you may as well just ask another programmer
> >to make your program for you... That may seem as though i am calling
> >people who use allegro lazy or stupid but this is not true, most are
> >probably perfectly capable programmers (i have even used allegro a few
> >times, even though i feel like i'm not actually making the program
> >myself)... Anyway, I just thought i'd get everyone's opinion on this (at
> >least everone who answers)...
> >
> >     L8r.
> >          Merlin.
> >
> >
> >

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