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Subject: Re: GS Curses
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Date: 13 Apr 91 23:25:00 GMT
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cs40s014@deneb.ucdavis.edu writes:

> Anyway...point of this meandering post...Is there a big need for this?
> If so, how much of Curses is really needed?  I saw Moria 4.83 for the IIGS.
> That uses Curses - so does that mean I'm reinventing the wheel?

	It would be cool to have. It would make porting UNIX stuff much
easier {like my NBA program :)} However, if curses are going to be ported
over, they must be done in Assembly otherwise it will be too slow to make
the effort worth while. Orca/C isn't going to hack it...

							- Hal

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