From: Shawn Hargreaves <Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: OpenGL ----> Allegro
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 1997 19:53:12 +0000
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Robert Humphris writes:
>Come to think of it, what has OpenGL got that Allegro hasn't? Should we
>not try to implement these features in Allegro making it more powerful 
>still?

Allegro and OpenGL are totally different beasts. OpenGL is a high-level,
portable 3D API (note API, not a specific library), while Allegro works
at an extremely low level to access the PC hardware. There is some
overlap between the two, but 99% of the functionality is completely
different.

I think a djgpp port of OpenGL would be a great thing, and it might be
worth sitting it on top of Allegro (that would give you easy access to
various video modes, and a simple way of copying the rendered images
across to video memory), but I don't see much benefit to a closer
integration of the two...


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