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printf

>>993125 (OP)

use the ansi terminal codes manually

using an abstraction layer to try and bridge the 16-color non-utf8 linux console and a character grid window running in your entire goddamn display server is beyond retarded

define 'harmful'

>>993125 (OP)

termbox

>>993133

problematic

>>993131

>beyond retarded

writing to the terminal is slow.

writing to memory is fast.

what ncurses and let you do is

1. you normally write to memory

2. you say when the screen should be updated

3. a diffing algorithm is used to make only the needed updates, and to make them in an optimal manner, rather than f.e. clear and redraw the screen

and just use ncurses. slang cucked out when he added the C-like syntax

>>993214

>C-like syntax

is godsend