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From: dorner@pequod.cso.uiuc.edu (Steve Dorner)
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Subject: Re: Copybits & GetNextEvent questions..
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Date: 26 Nov 90 19:30:32 GMT
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> 2. I am writing an arcade game for the Mac ( for the past four months..)
>    and I was wondering if there is anything wrong with NOT fetching events.

I'd strongly suggest you look for events at least "once in a while".  Doing
the necessary stuff every second or two shouldn't be that big a burden.

This will solve the "menu" problem for you.  More importantly, your game
will give time to background applications, which is very important.
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Steve Dorner, U of Illinois Computing Services Office
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