On 3 Apr 2004 at 19:39, Frank Heckenbach wrote:
Prof A Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) wrote:
What kind of programs are these?
Games, demos, etc.
Well, in this case be happy if you get them to compile with non-BP at all. (Am I too pessimistic? ;-)
Yes ;). Actually, the chess program compiled eventually, and it even runs somewhat (emphasis on the word "somewhat" - there are problems ...). It was written by a college student in 1990 or therebout (for a school project) and it took only about 30 minutes to get it to compile with GPC. I guess it would run better if built under djgpp.
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Perhaps such compatibility wrappers (i.e., for BP programs that `uses' CRT, but don't really *use* CRT ;-) for `ClrScr' and `Delay' (and perhaps dummies for `Sound' and `NoSound') can be added conditionally to the Graph unit as well. You might want to suggest this code to the GRX maintainers. (Of course, programs that really use both GRX and CRT need to turn off the conditional, just like they do now with `KeyPressed' etc.)
I will see if the GRX maintainers will talk to me ...
Best regards, The Chief -------- Prof. Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku (The African Chief) web: http://www.bigfoot.com/~african_chief/