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Subject: Allegro vs. OpenGl??
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Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 09:50:52 -0400
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I was wondering if you lads could clear something up for me. I am trying
to decide how I should go about learning graphics programming,
eventually leading to some simple 2d game program like breakout, and
finally maybe something in 3 dimensions.  Is Allegro similar to OpenGl?
(Is this the correct forum to even ask this question?) I understand that
OpenGl is an API, and Allegro seems to be just an additional bunch of
libraries with routines that aid in drawing shapes, lines, etc to the
screen. What should I be learning. I pretty comfortable with C, but have
a limited knowledge of C++.  Could you give me some advice on what to
start with? Thanks