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Monthly Archives: February 2013
Assemblers are not compilers!
For some reason, people (read: newbies) often talk about ‘compiling assembly code’, or using an ‘assembly compiler’. This is WRONG, people! And I will try to explain why, by offering a historical perspective, as usual. Namely, if we go back … Continue reading
Posted in Software development
Tagged assembler, compiler, edsac computer, grace hopper, history, software, steve wozniak, technology
20 Comments
What is a platform anyway?
After the previous blog, I figured I wanted to add something on people’s interpretations of OSes, platforms and API’s. Starting with OpenGL, I have already blogged about the PS3 in the past, where people think it uses OpenGL. At best … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, Hardware news, OpenGL, Software development, Software news
Tagged Android, computer, GP2X, linux, OpenGL, OS X, platform, portability, software, technology, unix clone
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OS and platform wars, why even bother anymore?
Unigine has recently released a new Valley benchmark, which runs on Windows, linux and OS X. The Windows version can run in either OpenGL or Direct3D. They have also released version 4.0 of their Heaven benchmark. I thought this, as … Continue reading
Posted in Direct3D, OpenGL, Software development, Software news
Tagged computer, Direct3D, gaming, Heaven, James Hague, linux, nvidia cards, OpenGL, OS X, performance, software, technology, Unigine, Valley, Windows
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Just keeping it real, part 7
Initially, part 7 was about something different altogether, but I have decided to bump that up to part 8 instead. Because as I was working on part 7, it dawned on me that I still had some loose ends to … Continue reading
Posted in Oldskool/retro programming, Software development
Tagged AGA, Amiga, amiga games, bitplane, blitter, demoscene, gaming, graphical effects, oldskool, optimize, polygon, subpixel
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