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From: pem@cadnetix.COM (Paul Meyer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Quickdraw efficiency question
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Date: 11 Jul 89 17:58:37 GMT
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In article <1681@neoucom.UUCP> sam@neoucom.UUCP (Scott A. Mason) writes:
>Question:
>
>Which would be faster when drawing multiple characters to a window?
...
>Intuitively, I would think that DrawString would be faster, but then again,
>doesn't DrawString make repeated calls to DrawChar?  BTW, I want to do this
>for a terminal emulation program, and want maximum screen drawing speed.

	Not only intuitively, but according to IM.  In the Quickdraw
chapter, it specifically states that calling DrawString is faster than
calling DrawChar a bunch of times.  (I can't give the page #, my Mac
books are at home, but I happened to be reading this the other day.)
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