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Rust is slow to compile, and not that productive when writing gameplay code (see https://loglog.games/blog/leaving-rust-gamedev/ ) Odin... technically not a scripting language, and…

Niche as in... I haven't heard anyone using it except for the studio that made it (Gaijin Entertainment). Might be a good language (at least from what the docs suggest), but needs …

For gamedev scripting, the gap has not been filled yet. Lua is good for embedding but the language itself is terrible for LLM usage (too much dynamic typing). C# is too heavy for s…

There was an even better version of GJK published around 2017 which made it more numerically robust: the Signed Volume Method ( https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3083724 ) OpenGJK is …

Nope it uses modern OpenGL and LWJGL bindings under the hood. Recently they're in the process of switching the entire thing to Vulkan.

Note that I've used the term "Graphics Programming" rather than just "Computer Graphics". The RTR book doesn't teach you the programming side of things at all, the material is more…

Nope, the limitations are just too huge for actual usage. Heard Godot Engine tried to use MoltenVK for macOS but experienced too many issues so they just developed a Metal backend.…

I think the dark side of OpenGL for beginning graphics programming is that debugging can be really frustrating! I really think learnopengl.com should have a mandatory section for h…

I think if you're trapped in the Apple ecosystem then Metal is your only production-quality option. But beginner-level learning material for it is quite sparse, so it's better to t…

Android smartphones are notorious in having low-quality Vulkan drivers full of bugs and spec violations... (I'm looking at you Qualcomm!) A data point: SDL3-GPU maintainers announc…

> I'm working on a "Post-Modern OpenGL" tutorial that exclusively teaches the most "modern" (merely a decade old) APIs and practices of GL 4.6. But, writing is slow going... Is it …

> If you're looking for fundamental material, the last thing you want is learning a very (not slightly) outdated and weird API. I've never seen a more detailed tutorial than LearnO…

The one and only Holy Bible of Graphics Programming. If you're starting to learn computer graphics, just study through the entire site and do the examples one by one. It doesn't ma…

If you want to use glBegin() / glEnd() - like immediate API with modern OpenGL, I reecommend using a library called RLGL ( https://github.com/raysan5/raylib/blob/master/src/rlgl.h …

In 2026: Yes yes, please please learn this if you're beginning computer graphics. This is basically the One and Only Holy Bible of graphics programming, and dealing with a slightly…

I think the main issue is that Bun relies heavily on existing C++ libraries like JavascriptCore, and these require RAII and ref-counting semantics from C++ that are closer to Rust …

If both parties are actively willing to do it anyway, then why do votes even matter?

The art of Unsafe Rust is marking the right demarcation with the right set of invariants that Safe code must adhere to inside the module that uses Unsafe. If you do this incorrectl…

> We can gradually refactor it Is quite a hell of a statement, when memory management issues are highly nonlocal and need some careful design upfront in order for you to nail it. U…

You do have to inevitably use unsafe because of FFI (Bun uses existing C++ modules like JavascriptCore for most functionality). Optionally also for performance (at least if you wan…

> clear well-scoped unsafe boundaries This is not done by blindly porting Zig code 1:1 and calling it a day. You do have to make conscious decisions about code architecture to mana…

... it's a joke. A perfect example of how Plan 9 humor works.

I think it can actually be a bit better in terms of artistic consistency to have a fixed set of materials you can work with in a given game. Very important if you want any sort of …

I really do not understand how people talk about "Being rich / being a billionaire will make you fundamentally unhappy". Damn if I had all the money I have so many good-willed proj…