Path: news.cs.au.dk!news.net.uni-c.dk!sunsite.auc.dk!newsfeed1.uni2.dk!news.algonet.se!algonet!news-peer-europe.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.bahnhof.se!news.defero.net!news.itv.se!not-for-mail From: Magnus Jonsson Newsgroups: comp.lang.beta Subject: Re: Beta compiler for win32 Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:21:48 +0200 Organization: Internet5 Lines: 42 Message-ID: <3919D2EC.A95DD8D8@mail.kuriren.nu> References: <20000509200446.1409.qmail@noatun.mjolner.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dialup8-49.internet5.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.itv.se 957993743 95697 212.75.67.49 (10 May 2000 21:22:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.itv.se NNTP-Posting-Date: 10 May 2000 21:22:23 GMT X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (Win98; I) X-Accept-Language: en Xref: news.cs.au.dk comp.lang.beta:12331 I think I'll just forget about BETA for a while and stay with C++ and asm. Perfection is always out of reach :/ Sascha Kimmel wrote: > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Magnus Jonsson [mailto:zeal@mail.kuriren.nu] > > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 6:33 PM > > To: usergroup@mjolner.dk > > Subject: Re: Beta compiler for win32 > > > > > > > > I'll try the B2C program! I couldn't find the right url for it before. > > the things i'd like to be able to write in beta are 64k-intros and demos, > > with some innerloops hand written in asm. > > maybe it's just a stupid dream :) > > You cannot use Assembler directly in BETA, but you can by using callPascal > or callC if you implement these assembler programs with these languages. > If you simply want to write 64k-Intros and Demos it might be better using > C++ (MS Visual C++ e.g.), because you can use DirectDraw as well there, > which might be best for intros and demos running on Windows. > > > it's possible that the BETA compiler uses static c-libraries > > instead of dynamic (dlls), which would increase the size > > The other way round: > dynamic libraries are loaded at runtime, static libraries are linked into > the program by the compiler. > > It is possible in C to load libraries at runtime (of course), but how to use > this feature in BETA - don't ask me - ask Mjolner ;) > > > persistance is of no importance to me. perhaps it can be removed? > > You could store your demo or intro data with the persistentstore library so > that you could use it on many different systems (data, of course - graphics > and so not not, of course). > > Regards, > Sascha Kimmel