Message-ID:	<3857030A.5E9D84F4@snetch.cpg.com.au>
Date:	Wed, 15 Dec 1999 13:55:06 +1100
From:	Michael Abbott aka frEk <20014670 AT snetch DOT cpg DOT com DOT au>
Organization:	Student of Computer Power Institute
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: Questions
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Heya

Wilmer van der Gaast wrote:

> On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Muntean George Andrei wrote:
>
> > other programming languages. I see that allegro is a library especially
> > for making games.
> > I would like to make games. I have some ideas. I saw that your program
> > is perfect for me.
> Why does everybody use libraries like Allegro??? Isn't it way more fun
> to assemble your own library, so you don't have to work with a uncomfortable
> API, but with an API that's exactly the way you like it???

Time... It takes less time to link in Allegro then to assemble the stuff
yourself... Also Allegro has been fine tuned by a lot of people whereas you're
just one person taking a shot at it :)

If you're really serious about speed, etc. in that case you could use the
allegro blit functions, etc. and then once the project is finished you could
write your own functions tailored to specific needs...

For example: A tile game which has a background layer of tiles that move
around... blit() needs to clip in every possible situation but if you were
writing it, you only need to clip when the tiles are slightly to almost
completely on the screen (The tiles around the edges of the screen). Allegro is
definitely fast enough for most of todays uses tho' but when you need more speed
you need more speed :)

> Oh yeah, I'm a geek... That must be the problem...

Cool! That makes two of us :)

- Michael

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