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From: "Jon Prestidge  (Jon@surfed.to)" <jon@surfed.to>
Newsgroups: scee.yaroze.freetalk.english
Subject: Re: Yaroze dev continuing
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2001 18:21:14 +0100
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> Isn't that the whole point of using DirectX in MS platforms anyway?

even if you have libraries that sort-out all the hardware differences, you
still don't know if it will run fast-enough on some peoples' PCs.
You have to decide whether to write a prog very undemanding on system
resource so that it'll run on most PCs or whether to take avantage of the
power of the faster ones and exclude many users, or try some clever
switching-in of extra poly detail and frames per second depending the power
of the PC it happens to be run on.

... and DirectX is by MS so I'm reluctant to use it unless I'm getting paid
to do so (i.e. as a job).

Last time I checked PCs didn't even have a contiguous address space...if
that's still true that's good enough reason to avaid the whole sorry PC mess
(unless you're paid to work on them).

> Anyway, that being said, I personally don't feel that the "other"
> console developer belongs in the industry...

... the 'other' developer need not be in any industry ... they can free from
industry, happy in the ham sector.


Jon