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 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,8f89ebb1fa1ebe5d X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-11-12 09:37:57 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news2.google.com!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.news2me.com!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!attbi_s03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: tmoran@acm.org Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada graphic tools' summary References: X-Newsreader: Tom's custom newsreader Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.234.124.41 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: attbi_s03 1068658675 12.234.124.41 (Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:37:55 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:37:55 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:37:55 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:2428 Date: 2003-11-12T17:37:55+00:00 List-Id: >Which tools|libraries should I recommend to somebody who asks for >doing graphics with Ada? I always have to wonder what people mean when they ask about "doing graphics". Do they mean a graphic UI in the sense of Windows or Macintosh, in which case a "graphic library" is a binding to the Windows or Mac OS? Do they mean Pixar type photo-realistic rendering of complex scenes? Or perhaps real-time dynamic displays as for a video game or visualization of a physical process? Or maybe they just want a hardware-independent set of routines to draw straight lines and ellipses?