From:	sparhawk AT eunet DOT at (Gerhard Gruber)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: allegro == or != programming
Date:	Tue, 04 Aug 1998 21:20:11 GMT
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From: Gruber Gerhard
Group: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Date: Sun, 02 Aug 1998 04:52:53 -0700:

>Speaking as someone who programs for a living, one of the first things
>you learn is that not only do you not have to reinvent the wheel
>constantly, but you are encouraged not to do it, because it is a waste
>of time and resources.

Not only this, it also introduces the same errors again and again if you don't
use libraries that already proved their worth.

>In my opinion, it is _far_ more important to understand the syntax of C
>and how to write portable programs, rather than knowing how to write an
>engine from scratch.  Knowing the concepts involved and knowing the
>library or libraries or functionality that you will be using is in
>general far more important.

Well said.

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   Gerhard

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