From: firewind <firewind AT metroid DOT dyn DOT ml DOT org>
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Subject: Re: Are libraries a bad idea?
Date: 1 Oct 1997 02:36:27 GMT
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Niels Møller <mythic AT iname DOT com> wrote:
> Hi!
> I'm not a newbie to programming, but however to DJGPP. I have never used
> libraries from others for two apparent reasons: 1. They are usually not
> free to use. 2. You always hear how slow they are. But now when i've
> started doing djgpp, I see that most stuff is free. Well, here it comes:
> have I been blindfolded? Are libraries just _it_?

Yes; apparently you've been living in the Land of Nazi Licenses :)  There
are many, -excellent- freeware libraries for many things you might want to
do. While some are not top notch, others are, and even the ones that aren't,
you can improve yourself. Never reinvent the wheel when you don't have to.

late\fw

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