Allegro

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(thing) by Bozyo (1.4 y) (print) ? (I like it!) Sun Nov 19 2000 at 16:35:33

The Allegro game development library was originally developed for DJGPP in DOS, but there are now ports to several Windows compilers using DirectX, as well as a Linux port and a MacOS port.

It is designed for source code to be 100% portable between different platforms. That has some negative effects, especially in the Windows ports where it makes it difficult if not impossible to use the lower-level DirectX functions.

Apart from that (and it's inability to match the efficiency of a lower-level library like DirectX or SDL), it is an excellent library with a huge amount of functions that greatly simplify the process of creating a game.

(thing) by mblase (3.6 wk) (print) ? (I like it!) Wed Jan 03 2001 at 19:58:07

In music notation, Allegro means a quick, bright tempo, around 80-140 bpm. The word means "happy" in Italian.

(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) 1 C! Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:43:38

Al*le"gro (#), a. [It., merry, gay, fr. L. alacer lively. Cf. Aleger.] Mus.

Brisk, lively.

An allegro movement; a quick, sprightly strain or piece.

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