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Re:Intermediate Graphics Library, a cross-platform GPU abstr... by shortrounddev2 on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @12:37PM (#37834346)
The samples are just hideous. Platform selection #if preprocessors every 5 lines. I would never want to maintain code like this
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Re:Intermediate Graphics Library, a cross-platform GPU abstr... by edvinbesic on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @01:05PM (#37834668)
This was the first thing that stood out to me looking at the samples. How is it abstracted if you have to constantly do #if windows or #if opengl etc.
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Re:Intermediate Graphics Library, a cross-platform GPU abstr... by bagels on Tuesday October 10, 2023 @01:59PM (#37835301)
Seems pretty disqualifying. https://github.com/facebook/igl/blob/main/samples/desktop/Ti...
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