Graphics Library for D

[Adam Wilson]

On Mon, 06 Jan 2014 03:02:00 -0800, Joseph Rushton Wakeling  
<joseph.wakeling at webdrake.net> wrote:

> On 06/01/14 08:16, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Jan 2014 21:32:54 -0800, Mike <none at none.com> wrote:
>>> * Please don't make a graphics library that is useful only on PCs.
>>>
>>
>> That's the plan. However at this point D only works on x86 so it's a  
>> moot point.
>
> Not really -- the GDC/LDC teams seem to be doing excellent work on ARM  
> support which I get the feeling will arrive sooner rather than later.  I  
> think it'll be really important to have multi-device support at the core  
> of your graphics library project, and to factor that into your design  
> from the beginning.
>
> Besides, you planning in that way will give encouragement to those  
> porting efforts :-)
>

The plan is to support ARM systems. And if LDC or GDC can deliver that  
with full druntime/Phobos support we can look at build a new backends.

> Related to this: I read in the news that C++ is planning on  
> standardizing on Cairo as a graphics library.  Is that something that  
> could be useful to engage with?

It's possible but from what I've gathered Cairo is not the best, just the  
simplest common denominator. I am actually on the C++ Graphics forum,  
although I have posted anything because even with my graphics background I  
feel quite inadequate in there. :-)

-- 
Adam Wilson
IRC: LightBender
Aurora Project Coordinator