Am 12.04.2011 13:44, schrieb Michel Fortin: > On 2011-04-12 07:18:39 -0400, Daniel Gibson <metalcae...@gmail.com> said: > >> Also you shouldn't write directly against OSS or ALSA but use SDL or >> OpenAL or libao or ... instead. > > The problem with intermediary libraries is that they require work on the > programmer side to work. I think there is value in being able to write a > simple program just by importing std.simpleaudio and having it work > instantly without having to install any library or play with linker > flags (which will be handled by pragma(lib) if you let DMD handle the > linker). And it's also easier to distribute your app if it doesn't > depend on dynamic libraries not installed by default on the system. > > I'm not saying those libraries are not useful, only that they come with > some complications. >
Err.. I didn't say "don't use std.simpleaudio" but "don't use OSS/ALSA directly but some platform independent abstraction" - which could as well be your std.simpleaudio :)
