"safe" windows version?

SDL Development
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At this page: http://www.libsdl.org/intro/whatplatforms.html It says
there are two versions for windows, a safe one and a high performance
one. What does it mean by safe? Am I going to (pardon my mock swedish)
“b0rk” my computer by using this if I do something wrong? I intend to
attempt writing games in SDL-Perl. Any response would be appreciated.

Thanks

Joel

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At this page: http://www.libsdl.org/intro/whatplatforms.html It says
there are two versions for windows, a safe one and a high performance
one. What does it mean by safe? Am I going to (pardon my mock swedish)
“b0rk” my computer by using this if I do something wrong? I intend to
attempt writing games in SDL-Perl. Any response would be appreciated.

This refers to the WinDIB driver and the DirectX driver. SDL uses
DirectX first, and falls back to DIB if it can’t find DirectX 5.0
or newer. This pretty much only happens on Windows NT anymore.

So… you can ignore the entry in the intro, you’ll be fine just
running the stock version of SDL and it will pick the right driver
for you.

See ya!
-Sam Lantinga, Software Engineer, Blizzard Entertainment

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So I don’t have to worry about damaging my system at all?

Joel

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I think that “safe” - in this context - means that it is reliable (where as
DirectX isn’t guaranteed), not the opposite of dangerous :wink:

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Subject: Re: [SDL] “safe” windows version?

So I don’t have to worry about damaging my system at all?

Joel

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Thank you.

Joel