-=> Quoting Stephen Hurd to Scott Adams <=-

 SH> {at}MSGID: 1:140/17 04c0adea 135.jdssoft 04C0ADEA
 SH> Re: Re: JD...
 SH> By: Scott Adams to Stephen Hurd on Sun Mar 14 2004 00:57:36
 
 >      As to standard units again most high level coders don't rely on
 >      the standard units they develop their own toolkits.  The main
 >      compiler I use I've had my toolkit finished since mid-90s and
 >      never use standard unit calls but rarely.
 > 
 >      Besides its been shown that doing your own procedures in even
 >      the simplest thing like a simple PutPixel command will speed
 >      things and make it more efficient than using the standard
 >      putpixel for example.

 SH> Well, as far as not using standard units... I include the RTL itself
 SH> as a standard unit.  Many many isues in the RTL for *BSD in FPC.

 SH> The only way to do one yourself is to use C libraries and C calls...
 SH> then you may as well be programming in C.  :-)

 SH> Rolling your own routines for something like record locking is about
 SH> as nasty as you can get... most coders don't do this.

        I dunno.  Its not that hard.  I started my toolkit back in
        1988 or so.  So its developed for a good 15 years now.
        It doesn't use standard and has more efficient routines than
        the standard ones.  This is the primary reason I stay
        in Bp though since going to delphi and doing my hobby work
        at home with my toolkit I'd have to start over :)


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