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That's a strange thing to say, without directx every game and most apps
these days would be a lot bigger since the coders would have to go to all
the extra effort of making them compatible with all the sound cards, 3d
cards, 2d cards, joysticks and god-knows what else out there. 

Directx takes up very little room these days, makes life a lot easier for
programmers and provides compatibility with most of the junk out there.
It's is a cool idea, so is Windows, they're a bit weird to program in but
they are the way forward, unless you want to stick with DOS and write your
own code for things like 3d card support which I doubt anyone really wants
to do. 

DOS was good, programmers were a lot more programmery :), you had to write
everything yourself and optimise it like hell before anyone would notice,
which was fun and challenging, but DOS is as good as dead and the custom
hardware - like 3d cards - coupled with APIs to take advantage of them -
like directx - has almost removed the need for optimising (the redering
parts of your code at least).

These are just my opinions, you'll probably all say 'blah blah, Windows
sucks cos of THIS' but to tell you the truth, this whole 'Windows sucks'
thing is getting really boring guys (I thought that guy earlier calling it
a 'menu' was pretty amusing though) I'll continue to use Windows (and be
perfectly happy with it) until something better comes along (which I can't
see happening), answer me honestly, does everyone just say they hate
Windows so much because Bill Gates makes too much money? I don't know, I
wouldn't mind having that much money, and I know if I did I wouldn't give a
shit what anyone said about my OS.

just stating my opinions
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Thurstan R. McDougle <trmcdougle@knightpiesold.MEAT_FREE_DAY.co.uk> wrote
in article without really thinking about it
> Saves on Disk Space?!!! Only in theory, but as they seem to be built on
> or for C++ they are somewhat larger, IMHO, than having direct code in
> one of the more compact languages (any other than C++ or interpreted
> BASIC?) in programs.
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