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From: "Jerome Atchison" <jeromeatchison AT worldnet DOT att DOT net>
To: <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: Re: allegro == or != programming
Date: Mon, 3 Aug 1998 14:39:16 -0500
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I think everyone has missed the point.  Merlin is suggesting that we throw
away valuable progress, so that we may all learn by trial and fire (opps I
mean error).  This is an absurd idea.  We(the programming community) would
not have progressed this far if we subscribed to a philosophy such as this.
None of use would have jobs, beacuse the computer would never have been
invented.  Etc., Etc., Etc.

I suggest to Merlin to try writting his next program in assembler, because C
is to assembler, like Allegro is to C++.  This might give him the
understanding that his questing for.
Jerome.


-----Original Message-----
From: Merlin <merlin__ AT geocities DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Date: Sunday, August 02, 1998 4:55 AM
Subject: allegro == or != programming


>I am just curious on what most people think about allegro....
>Not to put down allegro or anything (it does have it's uses) but isn't
>it sort-of like cheating in a way? I mean, it's like having all the
>important stuff done for you... the only thing required is an idea
>(although this is sometimes the hardest part)...
>I guess allegro is ok for a hobbist programmer and for learning, but for
>people who want to program for a living... It seems as if they are
>trying to take a shortcut. Like they are not interested in learning
>anything but the syntax of a programming language or just plain too lazy
>to actually do it themselves...  In my opinion if you are going to take
>these kinds of shortcuts it you may as well just ask another programmer
>to make your program for you... That may seem as though i am calling
>people who use allegro lazy or stupid but this is not true, most are
>probably perfectly capable programmers (i have even used allegro a few
>times, even though i feel like i'm not actually making the program
>myself)... Anyway, I just thought i'd get everyone's opinion on this (at
>least everone who answers)...
>
>     L8r.
>          Merlin.
>
>
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