Mike Raiford wrote:
> Maybe it is, but everything is still managed code. The JIT should 
> produce efficient code, for sure, and it does. I was just happy to see 
> that an effect like this can be achieved, and with a relatively large 
> frame buffer. That's all I guess. Some seem to think that the .NET 
> framework, or that JIT environments are too slow for these sorts of 
> tricks, or effects.

True. People who never really think about the issues tend to just listen to 
the FUD.

> I think, didn't someone port Quake to Managed C++?

Yes, but I'm not sure they ported the "hard parts". As in, it was something 
like a few hundred lines of code written over the course of a handful of 
hours to "port" it. I don't think they (for example) moved all the data 
structures into managed space, other than perhaps the screen and keyboard I/O.

> Right, the GDI+ functions are generally pretty good for most drawing 
> situations.

I thought the transformation matrix approach to color control was pretty 
cool. Probably pretty common across toolkits, I'd guess, tho.

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