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Re:RGFW: Single-header C99 window abstraction library by vkazanov on Saturday November 23, 2024 @03:03AM (#42219760)
Isn't SDL itself is quite minimal already? I mean, it is definitely not high-level in any sense of the word.
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Re:RGFW: Single-header C99 window abstraction library by Sharlin on Saturday November 23, 2024 @07:07AM (#42220502)
Not minimal in the sense of "just give me a window, a minimal event loop, and a GPU context/swapbuffers function".
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Re:RGFW: Single-header C99 window abstraction library by colleagueRiley on Saturday November 23, 2024 @08:52AM (#42220860)
Even then, that's what GLFW is designed to do, and it's entire source code is still far larger than RGFW's.
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Re:RGFW: Single-header C99 window abstraction library by slimsag on Saturday November 23, 2024 @08:35AM (#42220781)
SDL provides..

..an image decoding library.

..an audio input/output library.

..a multi-channel audio mixer.

..ttf and rtf font rendering.

..networking.

..runtime shader cross-compilation

..its own entire graphics abstraction layer / API.

..its own shader language, shader compiler, and shader bytecode format.

I don't know at which point something becomes 'high level', but SDL is only 'minimal' if you use a subset of its functionality.

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