Re: [boost] boost::directx?

Subject: Re: [boost] boost::directx?
From: joel (joel.falcou_at_[hidden])
Date: 2009-06-09 06:25:38

Carlos Rafael Giani wrote:
> This is commonly found in 3D graphics engines. However, a low level 
> ogl/dx abstraction is time-consuming, and ultimately not worth it, 
> because both APIs, while roughly equal, differ in many details, which 
> sums up in a low-level abstraction that covers the lowest common 
> denominator. It is better to abstract in a higher semantic level, 
> however this is hard to accomplish as a general 3D rendering library 
> (and probably not very useful, since rendering applications vary 
> wildly in their feature requirements and applied techniques).
I know the problem for having stumbled upon it a few times. But I don't 
this as undoable as you may think. For me, ti's the same
order of magnitude as boost.thread internals.

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