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- From: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Going to the metal
- Message-ID: <mXgswB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Sun, 03 Jan 93 01:52:09 EST
- References: <1993Jan2.130221.29789@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- Reply-To: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Organization: Lakes Public Access
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- mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
-
- > In <RwqqwB5w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) wr
- > >would be whther or not people were using the 'official' library. It
- > >would be patently obvious why programs crashed if the user were running
- > >the 'elite7hardware.library'. ;)
- >
- > With a 95% chance a game will require exactly a specific version of that
- > library.
-
- Agreed, but that is not unacceptable. Many utilities require certain
- libraries, such as reqtools, etc. Certainly, a software solution would
- be better than hardware, and would be a compromise that would satisfy
- almost everyone.
-