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OpenGL vs Allegro |
Dustin Gibson
Member #6,024
July 2005
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My friend wanted me to open this thread. He is an expert OpenGL (which I never heard of ) programmer. I told him about Allegro (which he never heard of). He just wanted to know which is better and why. |
Kitty Cat
Member #2,815
October 2002
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The both serve different purposes. OpenGL only handles graphics, while Allegro handles graphics, sound, input, and other stuff. OpenGL is a bit lower level than Allegro's more-used functions, too. In fact, AllegroGL maps most Allegro graphics functions to OpenGL calls.. providing some of the acceleration provided by OpenGL through Allegro's functions. -- |
Dustin Gibson
Member #6,024
July 2005
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I am sorry, I posted on the wrong sub-topic. |
Billybob
Member #3,136
January 2003
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kentl
Member #2,905
November 2002
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Also, if he really where an expert in OpenGL he would know the relation between it, DirectX and other graphic libraries that merely acts as another layer of abstraction. |
gnolam
Member #2,030
March 2002
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OpenGL is good, but variables are better. -- |
kentl
Member #2,905
November 2002
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Quote: OpenGL is good, but variables are better. True! But which variable is the best one? |
Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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What's wrong with asking, "What is Allegro, and is it any good?" Clearly, if you knew nothing about Allegro, that would be a perfectly valid question (regardless of your expertise). It's entirely possible that he didn't word it exactly like the original poster did. Quote: True! But which variable is the best one? That's irrelevent, as long as it points to the frame buffer. -----sig: |
LennyLen
Member #5,313
December 2004
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Quote: True! But which variable is the best one? This is the best variable: int n;
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Michael Faerber
Member #4,800
July 2004
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No, this one is better: int i;
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X-G
Member #856
December 2000
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int eger; So much better than i and n. -- |
Billybob
Member #3,136
January 2003
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UltimateType TheBestVariableInAllExistanceIsThisOneRightHereThatYouAreCurrentlyReadingAtThisMomentInTimeThatCould
GoOnForAsLongAsIFeelLikeTypingThisUpAndDontRunOutOfThingsToSayAboutTheBestUltimateVariableOfAllTime;
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Edward Sheets
Member #4,734
June 2004
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Dammit, Heatley! I think you broke my browser with that friggin long variable name! --- Note: carving a pentagram on the top of a container of spoiled yogurt does not summon a yogurt demon. -Kikaru |
Billybob
Member #3,136
January 2003
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Not my fault the variable is so ultimate it overloads your browser.
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Neil Walker
Member #210
April 2000
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you people know nothing. int milk, great; Neil. Neil. wii:0356-1384-6687-2022, kart:3308-4806-6002. XBOX:chucklepie |
spellcaster
Member #1,493
September 2001
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Quote:
Quote: Variables are for n00bs. Use HTML instead. -- |
aybabtu
Member #2,891
November 2002
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No, I think Linux is far better than HTML. |
Archon
Member #4,195
January 2004
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Quote: My friend wanted me to open this thread. He is an expert OpenGL (which I never heard of ) programmer. I told him about Allegro (which he never heard of). He just wanted to know which is better and why. Allegro offers more than graphical output. Your friend might use DirectX for everything else (input,sound,network) - but why not use Allegro to make it cross compatible (it uses DirectX in Windows anyway). S/He can use AllegGL to allow him/her to use OpenGL alongside Allegro's other functions. |
Johan Halmén
Member #1,550
September 2001
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int olerant; ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Years of thorough research have revealed that what people find beautiful about the Mandelbrot set is not the set itself, but all the rest. |
dthompson
Member #5,749
April 2005
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I use: int a; See, that works. I wouldn't like to use: for(TheBestVariableInAllExistanceIsThisOneRightHereThatYouAreCurrentlyReadi ngAtThisMomentInTimeThatCouldGoOnForAsLongAsIFeelLikeTypingThisUpAndDontRun OutOfThingsToSayAboutTheBestUltimateVariableOfAllTime = 0; TheBestVariableInAllExistanceIsThisOneRightHereThatYouAreCurrentlyReadingAt ThisMomentInTimeThatCouldGoOnForAsLongAsIFeelLikeTypingThisUpAndDontRunOutO fThingsToSayAboutTheBestUltimateVariableOfAllTime < 10; TheBestVariableInAllExistanceIsThisOneRightHereThatYouAreCurrentlyReadingAt ThisMomentInTimeThatCouldGoOnForAsLongAsIFeelLikeTypingThisUpAndDontRunOutO fThingsToSayAboutTheBestUltimateVariableOfAllTime++)
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Chris Katko
Member #1,881
January 2002
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You guys are thinking about it completely wrong. I use: int ; It's hard to see because it's half of a character. But I only have to press half of a key to use it! Double the efficiency! -----sig: |
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