Re: Patch for ME

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From: Ron Gibson
Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2006 01:07

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On Fri, 10 Feb 2006 02:11:18 +0000, Stephen Howe wrote:

> In the case of ID Software that is hardly likely. Carmack was pretty
> scathing about Direct3D some time ago and prefers to program for OpenGL.
> I am not sure how true that is today.

> You might want to read
> http://www.azillionmonkeys.com/windoze/OpenGLvsDirect3D.html for
> background info (it is now quite old)

> and also
> http://rmitz.org/carmack.on.opengl.html

Very good reading. I've been away from games for a while and it's
interesting to see what has been happening.

It sure would seem wise to me to use the most flexible standards. That
will sell more software and hold down development costs.

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