Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 20:09:30 -0500 (CDT)
From: Andrew Deren <aderen AT eecs DOT uic DOT edu>
To: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Z-buffering for Allegro (long)
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On Mon, 8 Sep 1997, Shawn Hargreaves wrote:
> Partly, I'm worried that Allegro is just getting too big, and that many
> people only need a small subset of what it provides. Modularity, and
> optional downloading of components, can only be a good thing...

Yes it's getting to big, and I'm tired of downloading 1MB+ wip version
each time new wip is released. It would be a good aproach to make it more
modular. There could also be allegro LT version that would contain only
256 color mode, sound, music, keyboard and timer, because I think that's
what most people need for games anyway. A full version could contain
everything else, and some stuff could be implemented as add-ons. Like GUI,
math and 3d stuff.
Those are just my few words.


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