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From: fuat@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu (Fuat C. Baran)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: getris.el -- clone of a famous Russian game program.
Message-ID: <1882@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 89 01:33:45 GMT
References: <MAD.89Sep14192950@cabbage.math.keio.JUNET> <RANG.89Sep15125009@derby.cs.wisc.edu> <124799@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1880@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu>
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In article <1880@cunixc.cc.columbia.edu> I write:
>How many people actually play this game?  I tried it on an unloaded
>VAX 8700 (128 Mb phy. mem), emacs 18.52, and I can go on coffee breaks
>between pieces.

I was informed that when:

a) byte compiled
b) run with a decent termcap entry

this program performs much better.  I have tried these suggestions,
and there has been significant improvement in performance (also major
drop in the amount of cpu it uses).

Thanks to:

	rang@cs.wisc.edu (Anton Rang)
	rutgers!cbmvax.commodore.com!ag@columbia.edu (Keith Gabryelski)

for pointing these out to me.


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