Path: utzoo!censor!geac!yunexus!xrtll!mark
From: mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Oversea Demos
Summary: persistence lacking
Message-ID: <347@xrtll.UUCP>
Date: 4 Sep 89 22:59:47 GMT
References: <5278@umd5.umd.edu>
Organization: Wcom, Toronto, Ont
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In article <5278@umd5.umd.edu>, brett@umd5.umd.edu (Brett Bourbin) writes:
> 
> 	Now, after some disassembly of some of the demos, I can see that
> they are hacks, since they include all the no-no's, ie. self-modifing code,
> fixed memory locations for most of the code, non-multitasking, etc.  Even
> with these faults, these demos ARE impressive and show that some of the
> people who spend their time cracking other programs, could be writing
> their own, or at least be assisting development teams in creating new

It's been tried.  Unfortunately, the majority of these guys, while they can
hack out impressive demos do not have the attention span and dedication
necessary to complete a decent project. 

They are, however, a valuable resource because they ferret out little facts
about the architecture that are as important as they are well-hidden.

Finally, in all honesty, some of these guys can and do become programmers
(particularly games programmers)  How do you think Discovery Software got
anything done!?

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