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From: lipa@polya.Stanford.EDU (William J. Lipa)
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Subject: Re: Drawing Points Fast ??
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Date: 11 Mar 89 00:04:11 GMT
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Going directly to the screen memory is a Bad Idea if you're interested in
future compatibility. For example, your program won't work as written on a
machine with Color Quickdraw, and undoubtedly would fail if/when Apple
introduces hardware-accelerated graphics.

Bill Lipa