Re: [AD] Proposal to drop DOS port from Allegro 4

[salvador <salvador@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Clayton Weaver wrote:

> I've been thinking about something (plus I say a comment about it in the
> forums). I propose, and a lot seem to agree, that DOS should be dropped from
> Allegro. It should be dropped for several reasons. Firstly, the programmers
> mainly only use DOS because they are used to it.

This is plainly wrong.

> Secondly, Windows has
> gotten rid of DOS from Windows 2000 and up.

So, if Microsoft says jump from the penthouse you'll do it, no?

> Thirdly, the DOS port is greatly
> limiting what Allegro could possibly do.

I don't think so.
And what if somebody finds the DirectX port limits something, you'll ask for
dropping it?

> Finally, there is a great Windows
> compiler (Dev-C++) which is free and easy to learn to use.

1) Who cares about it?
2) Show me how can I run an Allegro application compiled for Windows and put it
in a machine that have 8 Mb of disk space and 8 Mb of RAM.

> DOS is obselete
> or rapidly becoming obsolete and should be dropped from Allegro before the
> Allegro project suffers. By suffers I mean before it loses users becuase
> they can't play the games for compatibility in Windows.

I don't see your point. I could say: Windows is full of bugs an a disaster as a
development platform, but I won't ask for dropping Windows support.
I think the only advantage that Allegro have over other libraries is the huge
number of platforms supported.
For a lot of tasks DOS is fast, cheap and small.

That's just my opinion of course, SET

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