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- From: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: New hardware reference guide?
- Message-ID: <36847@cbmvax.commodore.com>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 18:58:54 GMT
- References: <1992Nov4.134857.24783@sth.frontec.se> <BxGvwE.4op@visix.com>
- Reply-To: peter@cbmvax.commodore.com (Peter Cherna)
- Organization: Commodore-Amiga, Inc. West Chester, PA.
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- In article <BxGvwE.4op@visix.com> brett@visix.com writes:
- >Please! Hitting the hardware != POORLY Written Software
-
- Of course they're not equal. But there is a strong correlation. We
- know. Part of our living is investigating software that dies under
- new OS's/machines. A great fraction of this software dies because
- because it hits the hardware or otherwise circumvents the OS when
- playing by the rules would have suited the application just fine.
-
- >There is well done software to has to go to the hardware
- >There is poor software that goes to the hardware
-
- In particular, there is plenty of poor software that _unnecessarily_
- goes to the hardware, and that fact is a major contributor to their
- poorness.
-
- >Brett Bourbin \ / /(_ /\/ 11440 Commerce Park Drive
-
- Peter
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- Peter Cherna, User Interface Development Group, Commodore-Amiga, Inc.
- {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!peter peter@cbmvax.commodore.com
- My opinions do not necessarily represent the opinions of my employer.
- "I believe it's bad luck to be superstitious."
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