home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!gatech!nscf!lakes!rock
- From: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Going to the metal
- Message-ID: <TL6VwB2w165w@lakes.trenton.sc.us>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 93 01:37:52 EST
- References: <1993Jan3.144042.11579@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de>
- Reply-To: rock@lakes.trenton.sc.us (Rockerboy)
- Organization: Lakes Public Access
- Lines: 37
-
- mlelstv@speckled.mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Michael van Elst) writes:
-
- > 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 programme
- > used).
-
- Mr. Van Elst, I am rapidly concluding that you are a fanatic who simply
- does not listen to reason! _Why_, pray tell, would this idea not be
- benificial? Why are you the one to determine what is acceptable, and
- what is unacceptable. Many 'flavors' of libraries means many
- alternatives for people who use said libraries. You are no longer
- discussing facts, Mr. Van Elst, you are simply being petulant. Is it,
- perhaps, your intent to _prevent_ casual use of the Amiga to protect
- the corporate software behemoth from individuals and hobbyists? ;) I
- would like to know why you seem to imagine that, even given that certain
- releases might require certain libraries, that said release might not
- _include_ said library? What _reasonable_ (read 'wants to get paid')
- designer would release a program, knowing full well that he had not
- included a vital library? While it has been the case that some people
- release program requiring libraries that did not include, such libraries
- were commonly available, and could be easily acquired.
-
- > Look at the number of slightly incompatible MOD players out there to
- > get an idea of the problem.
-
- I don't see that as a problem. Do you play Dungeons and Dragons, Mr. Van
- Elst? If so, take a look at the book tome of Magic, and look up the
- magic item called the 'Mirror of Simple Order'. I believe you've been
- playing around with it...
-
- By the way, I _dare_ you to post that kind of thought in audio! It would
- start a war that would run for weeks! Now, you want to see _real_
- fanatics, step on someone's toes about his tracker.
-
- That's why you have so many mod formats.
-