| From: | Andrew Guard |
| Date: | 3 May 2000 at 20:10:42 |
| Subject: | Re: Blitz Basic on the PC! |
How do we do, Roger
On 03-May-00, you wrote:
> Anton Reinauer wrote:
>>
>> I don't know if anyone has mentioned this before, but Mark Sibly is
>> doing a version of Blitz for the PC (using DirectX).
>> Check out http://www.blitzbasic.com
>>
>> It says it will be ready in a couple of months!
DirectX means it going to manly amied at games etc.
>
> This is probably good, but it is not as good as a lot of people are
> thinking I'd imagine. Even if Blitz itself uses exactly the same
> commands, and I can't see that being likely for eg. GUI work, then most
> of our source won't be directly transferable because we use either 3rd
> party libraries or OS functions.
>
> Don't get me wrong, this has got to be a good thing. Just don't expect
> to translate your programs over to it easily.
>
> I hope it doesn't suffer as many problems as the amiga version ;)
You have to be a Guru to know all iner-workings of the Windoze and don't
think Mirco$lop have someone who knows it all.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Roger (who doesn't know why he's in such a cynical mood)
>
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