From: "A. Sinan Unur" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp,rec.games.programmer Subject: Re: Check out my demo game! Date: Mon, 04 Aug 1997 18:20:21 -0400 Organization: Cornell University http://www.cornell.edu Lines: 28 Sender: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu (Verified) Message-ID: <33E655A5.7D37@cornell.edu> References: <33e62ef4 DOT 15019110 AT news DOT eunet DOT be> <01bca11c$5384ce60$45025cc3 AT neverworks-> Reply-To: asu1 AT cornell DOT edu NNTP-Posting-Host: cu-dialup-0030.cit.cornell.edu Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Precedence: bulk Gareth Davies wrote: > One other point. I would be interested in everyone's opinion of > Allegro. I can't actually use it because I use Watcom, but is it > really sensible to use this library (as good as it might be). Aren't > people missing out on the learning experience which would otherwise be > gained by doing these things yourself ??? as well as a lost ability > later on to optimise the codeto your needs (I know you get the source, > but if you don't understand it, you can't optimise it). I'm not > looking for flames, just genuine opinions. the same can be said of the standard library functions, too. by getting a stdio fprintf, are people missing out on the opportunity to learn how to write functions that take a variable number of arguments? one can still learn a lot using an api that abstracts from the nitty-gritty, especially by keeping an open mind about what can be improved upon and discussing those. -- Sinan ******************************************************************* A. Sinan Unur WWWWWW |--O+O mailto:sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu C ^ http://www.people.cornell.edu/pages/asu1/ \ ~/ Unsolicited e-mail is _not_ welcome, and will be billed for. *******************************************************************