From: pmonks AT iname DOT com (Peter Monks)
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Subject: Re: allegro
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 97 06:28:28 GMT
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In article <3323730C DOT 6DD6 AT aracnet DOT com>, bardito AT aracnet DOT com wrote:
>Is Allegro a good thing to use.  I mean am I a bad programmer if I make
>use of it or is it a wothwhile thing to take advantage of?

Depends on your definition of "bad programmer".

IMHO Allegro is definitely something to take advantage of.  It was written by 
an extremely competent programmer, and has been added to by numerous other 
extremely competent programmers, so why not leverage off that experience?

Still, if you want to learn all about a lot of low-level PC hardware stuff, 
I'd avoid Allegro to start with and try to implement it yourself.  Then, when 
you're done, go and get Allegro anyway since by then it'll probably be doing 
Linux, networks, 3D hardware acceleration, etc. etc.

And if you really want to be considered a "good programmer", start churning 
out some games that use Allegro for everyone to enjoy!

Cheers,
Peter


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