Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932493AbXAIXCY (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:02:24 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932497AbXAIXCY (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:02:24 -0500 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:56947 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932493AbXAIXCX (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jan 2007 18:02:23 -0500 Message-Id: <200701092302.l09N2KVK029881@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen) Cc: Trent Waddington , Dirk , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Gaming Interface In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:08:57 EST." <20070109160857.GE17269@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <45A22D69.3010905@gmx.net> <3d57814d0701080243n745fcddg8eaace0093e88a38@mail.gmail.com> <45A2356B.5050208@gmx.net> <45A24176.9080107@gmx.net> <45A2509F.3000901@aitel.hist.no> <45A264E1.3080603@gmx.net> <45A29C13.10304@l4x.org> <45A340C5.3060904@gmx.net> <3d57814d0701082216hbe12916v66462104b49bdf30@mail.gmail.com> <20070109160857.GE17269@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1168383740_27952P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 09 Jan 2007 18:02:20 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 948 Lines: 28 --==_Exmh_1168383740_27952P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, 09 Jan 2007 11:08:57 EST, Lennart Sorensen said: > Why not start by suggesting using standard api's instead when writing > the original game engine. That would make porting it easier later. > DirectX is not a standard api. When it's installed on 95% of the computers, it's a de-facto standard. --==_Exmh_1168383740_27952P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFFpB78cC3lWbTT17ARAr1fAJwPbULxNb72JjPQP1evUD1yiRCGHACeKknk zJSrFR+eDgL10hj6KTh6aZQ= =hWX3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1168383740_27952P-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/