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Subject: Re: Best way to put an array-based pixmap on a screen?
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"Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de> writes:

> On 2017-03-26 03:01, LaeMing Ai wrote:
>> I am hoping to learn some Ada with an explicit interest in simple
>> software 3D rendering (ie: writing the render code in Ada, NOT
>> calling external libraries such as OpenGL).
>
> Usually there is no access to the display around the OS. You will have
> to use some external library this or that way.

OP talked about using X11; there are, I'm sure, Ada bindings to X11 (the
one I used back in the day was based on a DEC tool, no longer accessible
I think).