opengl

eek that cant be good, all openGL books (that ive read), and i imagine nehe.gamedev.net explain this. anyhoo, openGL = open graphics library

open graphics library although i''m not sure what they mean by "open"

Open means that the ARB decides what happens to the API. Unlike proprietary software like DX which MS controls entirely. It means that if all the ihv''s want some feature in opengl then it will probably end up as apart of the api. Where as everyone in the world may want some feature in DX but if MS says no, then everyone is screwed.

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