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From: glenn@imagen.UUCP (Glenn Boozer)
Newsgroups: rec.games.hack,comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: nethack and mswindows
Message-ID: <15387@imagen.UUCP>
Date: 25 Aug 90 01:26:46 GMT
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In article <936@helens.Stanford.EDU>, gyugyi@rascals.stanford.edu (Paul Gyugyi) writes:
> 
> Patrick,
> When you port the game to Windows, please consider keeping the
> interface seperate from the game, perhaps by putting a DDE link
> between two programs, one being the use interface and the other
> being a set of stubs compiled with the source code. That way mere
> mortals like me :) can make a new front end with fonts and menu
> selections and note pads and tear off status displays, etc. without
> having to hack the nethack source code.  I don't mind if it slows
> the game down, ...

This is the rub.  DDE is <<<VERY>>> SLOW!!!  It would eat up so much of the
CPU that the game would be unplayable.   Not just SLOW, but DEAD.

Sorry.  I too would like to se more REAL DDE programs that we can all learn from.

DDE is a CPU hog and a half.


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