From: Paul Shirley <Paul AT foobar DOT co DOT uk DOT chocolat>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: OpenGL ----> Allegro
Date: Thu, 6 Mar 1997 19:40:05 +0000
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In article <uZwYhTAo2HHzEw51 AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>, Shawn Hargreaves
<Shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk> writes
>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.

Correction: OpenGL is a *low* level API. Just not quite bare-metal
level.
There seems little point in trying to combine Allegros 3D additions with
OGL, they pretty much cover the same ground. Getting Mesa to work with
Allegro would be a nice project.

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