From: De Messemaeker Johan <Johan DOT DeMessemaeker AT rug DOT ac DOT be>
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Subject: Re: Allegro
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 1997 16:01:23 +0100
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George Foot wrote:
> 
> MoD (mod AT exo DOT com) wrote:
> : hey i want to use allegro... but i just got Borlad C++ 4.0 and allegro says
> : it only compiles the allegro.h under djgpp... is there any other version
> : taht is compatible with BC4? or is there a source for it?
> 
> No, Allegro is now exclusively for DJGPP (Linux port pending). Besides, why
> are you using an inferior compiler if you have DJGPP? You shouldn't need
> Borland products any more...
> 
> Allegro's distribution is entirely source; however, it is written in AT&T
> style assembler in places, and by its very nature (being a low-level
> library) it is not portable to other compilers.
> 
> --
> George Foot <gfoot AT mc31 DOT merton DOT ox DOT ac DOT uk>
> Merton College, Oxford.
It is portable, with a lot of work ...