On 8/9/06, Sharath A.V <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wouldn't it be better to get the computer to do that instead? > > > > ;) > > Well, of course! > > BTW, I've read that book and IIRC, the author said that writing > directly to VGA memory directly makes the program/process efficient > because there is no overhead of calling a function(like printf). And > because its a system software, it necessary for it to be efficient.
Yeah, that was certainly the case back in 1991 under DOS when that was the only way to do high-performance graphics (as opposed to using BIOS calls to do graphics, which was the suck).... especially compared to real multimedia systems like the Amiga. -- Brett McCoy: Programmer by Day, Guitarist by Night http://www.alhazred.com http://www.cassandrasyndrome.com http://www.revelmoon.com To unsubscribe, send a blank message to <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/c-prog/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
