Aurora Graphics Library Initial Design Discussion

[Tofu Ninja]

> In general, it's preferable to use 2D API's for 2D graphics. 
> Yes, you can do 2D with OpenGL but it's significantly harder to 
> get it right. The most obvious example is that in 2D we use 
> pixels as coordinates and have no perspective to worry about, 
> with 3D the your coordinates have to be carefully calculated 
> every time the window or perspective changes.

It seems like you have never done 2d with openGl. Doing 2d in 
openGl is just a simple problem of using the correct transform 
matrix. Using pixel coordinates for your primitives is 100% 
possible and easy. The only difference between opengl in 2d and 
opengl in 3d is the transform.