Posted by dnathief on 15:06:00 01-09-2002
Just wondering if any of you had an api that you just couln't go a day without using....
Mine is Gnome sadly enough....
Posted by Peter on 15:10:00 01-09-2002
no, not really
Posted by robost86 on 15:46:00 01-09-2002
DS-OS API maybe... Small and clean, just like I like it
Posted by Maltanar on 21:21:00 01-09-2002
I don't work cross-platform, I only use Windows. You can guess which API I couldn't do without .
Posted by robost86 on 06:59:00 01-10-2002
Then get another OS, and code a bit for that
Posted by KaGez on 12:53:00 01-10-2002
OpenGL r00lz! =D
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Posted by -KEN- on 00:38:00 01-16-2002
WinAPI!
Posted by SilentStrike on 11:14:00 01-16-2002
Gotta go for SDL.
Posted by KaGez on 13:04:00 01-16-2002
I like portable APIs in general, because your code will work on most systems then But, as mentioned above, my absolute favourite is OpenGL =)
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Posted by robost86 on 15:50:00 01-16-2002
I like systems/compilers following the standard, then your code works on even more systems
Posted by KaGez on 09:10:00 01-17-2002
that's true .... non-standart (or systems that force new standarts) are not too good for coders :/
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Posted by robost86 on 12:54:00 01-17-2002
That means, Microsoft is bad for coders.
Posted by Peter on 18:54:00 01-17-2002
That depends. Some coders might like coding for the Microsoft platform. I accept that and even understand it to an extent . But it takes away a lot of the freedom. And is less portable.
Posted by KaGez on 07:36:00 01-18-2002
That also depends. If you use WinAPI, it's hardly portable. But if you use let's say SDL, the code you wrote on windows will also run on Linux/MacOS/BeOS/whatever. I always though that this was one of the points of APIs :/
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Posted by fsvara on 13:37:00 01-18-2002
imho the term "api" is a bit broader than just that, i mean, libc is also an api. (and if you take the word literally, vim is one, too.)
Useful portable libs are teh r0x0r of course
Posted by KaGez on 14:20:00 01-18-2002
I mean, weren't APIs made to make coding life easier and the code more portable? that's what I though APIs were intended to ...
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Posted by fsvara on 14:38:00 01-18-2002
i guess some are, yes
Posted by KaGez on 15:26:00 01-18-2002
what do you mean with "some" ?
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Posted by Peter on 18:00:00 01-18-2002
WinAPI wasn't made to be portable
Posted by KaGez on 02:03:00 01-19-2002
ok, but (sorry for eveybody who likes it) WinAPI sux!
it's just like in coding for assembler for me... it may have it's use, but in most cases oyu could find a better (easier) solution with something different
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