From: aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu (Tony O'Bryan)
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Subject: Re: Allegro vs GRX?!
Date: Mon, 26 May 1997 21:46:22 GMT
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On 25 May 1997 19:17:54 GMT, ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire) wrote:

>Pros:
>Allegro has everything in GRX and then some, except for hi and truecolor,
>but that's on the way;
>Cons: No hicolor, no truecolor, bulky EXEs are generated

Bulky only if the application is small.  Allegro is severe overkill for small
projects.  Such projects are better suited for a 16-bit compiler, anyway.