From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.70.130.135 with SMTP id oe7mr12064440pdb.9.1408919749312; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:35:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.51.17.69 with SMTP id gc5mr270316igd.0.1408919749210; Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:35:49 -0700 (PDT) Path: border1.nntp.dca1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!uq10no4554769igb.0!news-out.google.com!ef6ni1igb.0!nntp.google.com!uq10no4554768igb.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 15:35:48 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <468264582430104491.908798laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=206.188.60.100; posting-account=ctJm-AoAAABQaCDtzbgPWk5DGAl9lKGW NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.188.60.100 References: <1bd438c5-7563-4c37-a53d-8378573cf784@googlegroups.com> <59f62e65-dcf0-42c9-82d5-5e1a3c095583@googlegroups.com> <1ed96b4d-e0d4-4a23-b230-dd1eadc14401@googlegroups.com> <14b80334-a07d-4ebb-81f6-34b5469f1134@googlegroups.com> <468264582430104491.908798laguest-archeia.com@nntp.aioe.org> User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <89a5e9b6-dab0-49b5-ab32-10c7de593c9d@googlegroups.com> Subject: Re: is getting OpenGL to work with Ada a lost cause? From: pincerfae@gmail.com Injection-Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2014 22:35:49 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: number.nntp.dca.giganews.com comp.lang.ada:188636 Date: 2014-08-24T15:35:48-07:00 List-Id: On Monday, August 18, 2014 6:29:23 PM UTC-7, Luke A. Guest wrote: > "Nasser M. Abbasi" wrote: > > > On 8/16/2014 5:13 PM, pincerfae@gmail.com wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> I was looking at SDL and Delphi/Object Pascal for a bit, > > > > > > Fyi; On the subject of SDL or OpenGL, here is a youtube on it: > > > > > > "Should I Learn OpenGL or SDL?" > > > > > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsSm6NWQ77g > > > > > > --Nasser > > > > SDL and OpenGL are not the same thing. SDL provides a platform independent > > layer with some GL helper functions. OpenGL is a 3D graphics library. you're absolutely right about that. Apparently, you can use SDL to interface with OpenGL, depending on the language. It seems to favor a GUI environment, though, and can be cross-platform. Unfortunately, it's another api you have to learn, and I'm not too sure of the documentation at this point.