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From: Friesen@PCO-MULTICS.HBI.HONEYWELL.COM
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Where do you go from GFA Basic?
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Date: 2 Oct 88 23:53:00 GMT
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Hi all

Ever since I purchased my ST (over a year ago), I've been programming
with GFA Basic.  It's a really good language, easy to program, fast,
etc.  However, I feel that I'm outgrowing it.  I often program video
games, and GFA Basic just dosn't seem to have the power or the speed to
make a fast action arcade game.  I will see how much speed increase you
get with the new version, but I don't think it will do it.  What I would
like in a language is:

1.  Fairly easy graphic support for games

2.  Fast execution of graphics (this is where GFA Basic falls short)

3.  Very powerful use of GEM, I/O, and graphics


I'm not sure what language is best for this.  I know that the assembly
language is the fastest, but I really don't want to learn it.  I am
learning Pascal, and am planning in a year or two on learning C.  I'd
rather stick with one of these two.  Can anyone reccomend a package for
me?

Thanks in advance.


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Aric Friesen

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