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[ILUG] [OT] demos again

[ILUG] [OT] demos again

John P . Looney john at antefacto.com
Fri Feb 23 14:13:56 GMT 2001


On Fri, Feb 23, 2001 at 01:38:22PM +0000, Donncha O Caoimh mentioned:
> I was thinking, if I wanted to get back into coding demos, I'll probably
> do it using Java, it's cross-platform. It sucks a lot on Linux a bit,
> but you don't have to worry about someone having the proper version of
> SDL or some sound library. I'm saying this not knowing anything much
> about Java, so I might be living in blissfull ignorance!

 No - do it as SDL, with OpenAL & the rest of it. If you don't want people
to get stressed about libraries - link it in statically.

 SDL is a really, really good idea. And should be recommended to everyone
:)

Kate

-- 
 When I say 'free', I mean 'free': free from bond, of chain or command: 
to go where you will, even to Mordor, Saruman, if you desire. " 
    -- Gandalf, paraphrasing the choice between Free and Non-free software




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