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- From: softbase@mercury.interpath.net (Scott McMahan - Softbase Systems)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: why not add getch() to the std C RTL?
- Date: 9 Feb 1996 13:59:50 GMT
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- Kazimir Kylheku (c2a192@ugrad.cs.ubc.ca) wrote:
- : I mean, someone isn't going to be discouraged from programming games just
- : because he or she isn't handed a kbhit() library function on a silver platter.
-
- The funny part is that on platforms with kbhit(), the DOS/PC platforms,
- game programmers will probably require MUCH lower level access to the
- hardware! Many games use things like CTRL as a fire button, and kbhit()
- will not tell you CTRL has been pressed. You have to go low, low, low to
- get that kind of information. kbhit() just isn't that useful for real
- games.
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- Scott
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