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- From: mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst)
- Subject: Re: Going to the metal
- Message-ID: <1993Jan3.144042.11579@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
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- Organization: Max-Planck-Institut f"ur Radioastronomie
- References: <1993Jan2.130221.29789@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de> <mXgswB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1993 14:40:42 GMT
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- In <mXgswB1w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us> rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy) writes:
- >mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
- >> 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.
-
- What I meant was that a 'hardware banger support library' as was suggested
- but which comes in lots of flavours is not acceptable. It is very likely
- that some program (game or demo or the like) will require a specific version
- (due to side effects or bugs in the version of the library that the programmer
- used).
-
- Look at the number of slightly incompatible MOD players out there to
- get an idea of the problem.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
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