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16 Jul 2025 17:34:45 EDT (-0400)
  Re: The Daily WTF [again]  
From: Nicolas Alvarez
Date: 12 Feb 2008 09:37:18
Message: <47b1af1e$1@news.povray.org>

> I don't know what 
> alternatives there are for DirectX for game controller input, sound, 
> networking etc, but I'm sure there are some in use.

SDL = Simple Directmedia Layer. Cross platform, can use GDI or DirectX 
on Windows, and a dozen different things on Linux (including aalib for 
ascii-art on your console). Even runs on Amiga, Dreamcast, Atari... now 
*that* is cross platform.


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