From: "M. Schulter" <mschulter AT value DOT net>
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Subject: Re: Assembly
Date: 20 Nov 1997 22:52:41 GMT
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

: Seems like _puts would be a better choice.  `printf' pulls in a lot of
: support code from libc which aren't needed to print a fixed string.
: (`printf' can also get you in trouble if the string includes `%'
: characters.)

Hi, there.

As a newbie GAS programmer, I agree. Generally I use '_puts' for simple
text messages, saving '_printf' for things where I don't want a newline
after the string, or where I need formatted output (for example. to
display a numerical result).

Most appreciatively,

Margo Schulter
mschulter AT value DOT net

>

int main(void]
{
    MIDI *the_midi = load_midi("mission.mid");

    if (!the_midi)
    {
        printf("Midi file did not load. Check if it exists.\n");
        return 1;
    }
    allegro_init();
    install_sound(DIGI_NONE, MIDI_AUTODETECT, NULL);
    install_timer();
    install_keyboard(); // for the heck of it

    play_midi(the_midi, 1);
    read_key(); // pauses utill you hit a key
    stop_midi();
    destroy_midi(the_midi);
    allegro_exit();
    return 0;
}

Your program 1) loads the midi twice, once unncessairly, and