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rlsw – Raylib software OpenGL renderer in less than 5k LOC

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241 points fschuett | 5 comments | 21 Oct 25 21:00 UTC | HN request time: 0.001s | source
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nnevatie ◴[21 Oct 25 21:40 UTC] No.45662067[source]▶
*OpenGL-style.
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Pannoniae ◴[21 Oct 25 22:39 UTC] No.45662641[source]▶
Congrats for only reading the header ;) It's actually a pretty decent OpenGL 1.1 software implementation, obviously not complete and spec-correct though. It's more like those MiniGL drivers back in the day, implementing just enough of the spec so the game can run ;)

In a similar way, this implements just enough so Raylib's OpenGL backend can run! It was done so you can use the library without external graphics dependencies if you really want to.

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furyofantares ◴[21 Oct 25 23:22 UTC] No.45663040[source]▶
That's an extremely snarky reply given the post is just a direct link to the header.
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Pannoniae ◴[21 Oct 25 23:26 UTC] No.45663072[source]▶
No, the doc-header of the header! Apologies if I wasn't clear. I just thought the GP zoomed in on the word "-style" in the first line without reading more (it's probably since it's not a full 1.1 implementation, just something which can do enough to shim a good chunk of 1.1 functions so the RL GL1.1 backend can run)
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furyofantares ◴[21 Oct 25 23:57 UTC] No.45663306[source]▶
Still, if you post a link to a roughly 5k line raw source file, rather than like, some post about it, roughly nobody is gonna read much of the file before commenting.

edit: I stand corrected by the downmods!

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kragen ◴[22 Oct 25 10:42 UTC] No.45667184[source]▶
This is kind of a systemic problem with HN: all the early comments on anything substantial are necessarily themselves insubstantial because the posters have not had time to read it.
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furyofantares ◴[22 Oct 25 14:15 UTC] No.45669503[source]▶
I know. I hold myself to a rule that I never comment if I didn't read the article.

I made an exception with this, because the "article" is simply a 5kloc header file. I only read some of it.

I don't have a problem with the submission but I don't know why you would expect someone to read enough of the header to realize that the opening line in the header saying "OpenGL 1.1-style" is underselling it and it's actually a "pretty decent OpenGL 1.1 software implementation".

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1. kragen ◴[22 Oct 25 15:30 UTC] No.45670645{3}[source]▶
That's great, but structurally, the recency bias of HN tends to bury comments by people who follow rules like yours.
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2. furyofantares ◴[22 Oct 25 16:07 UTC] No.45671261[source]▶
I don't think making sarcastic remarks about someone failing to read enough of this header to work out that it's a pretty complete opengl implementation contrary to the implication at the start of the header is really doing much to fight the problem of people not reading articles before commenting.
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3. kragen ◴[22 Oct 25 18:02 UTC] No.45672867[source]▶
Your comment makes ne wonder who you think is making sarcastic remarks. I'm not. Probably "Congrats for only reading the header"?
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4. furyofantares ◴[22 Oct 25 20:00 UTC] No.45674383{3}[source]▶
Yes, that is the comment at the top of this chain - which I criticized as a very snarky reply given the specifics of this post.
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5. kragen ◴[22 Oct 25 22:26 UTC] No.45675952{4}[source]▶
Yes, sorry to be dense.