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Re: Possible offensive msg

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irv at ELLIJAY.COM> Nov 18, 1998
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On Wed, 18 Nov 1998 15:44:47 -0000, Bown, John <John.Bown at UK.ORIGIN-IT.COM>
wrote:

>>
>>From:  Irv Mullins[SMTP:irv at ELLIJAY.COM]
>>
>>Thanks: this in a way clarifies my point:
>>If graphics, specifically user-interface graphics, can be fast
>>when run by basic / windows, why cannot DOS graphics - again,
>>user-interface graphics - running on the "bare metal", be at
>>least as fast? Windows is not known for being a fine example
>>of lean, clean coding, is it?
>
>Not necessarily a 100% true statement; yes Windows is bloated, no you
>can't get a Microsoft app installed without 10Mb of garbage and a lot of
>apps are clunky and slow but ...
>
>The graphics engines do seem [ to me ] to be incredibly well optimised
>and exceedingly fast; visions of hordes of anorak clad programmers
>beavering away on a Bit-Blat routine in a dark basement spring to mind -
...
>The conclusion is; yes MS-DOS graphics can be as fast and possibly
>faster than windows but it needs a lot of effort putting in.

Now we're getting somewhere. Does that mean that there are no fast
packages available with - for example Watcom, or Borland C++, or
whatever? Packages that we could buy/steal/use or just learn from?

Irv