Starting to Learn OpenGL
These questions may sound a little immature, but is opengl code completely platform independent?
If so, what would be the best approach to start learning it(I am fairly conversed in C && C++ but not in the complicated mathematics, which I aspire to learn alongside)?
Again, If it is platform independent...Is it possible to compile the code to run without an OS ...considering I can make a basic kernel and load it alright?
If so, what would be the best approach to start learning it(I am fairly conversed in C && C++ but not in the complicated mathematics, which I aspire to learn alongside)?
Again, If it is platform independent...Is it possible to compile the code to run without an OS ...considering I can make a basic kernel and load it alright?
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OpenGL is nothing more than a specification.
It runs on exactly those platforms for which an implementation exists.
As for learning it, I suppose you should look for a decent book on the subject.
There are two tutorials I know of, both incomplete as of yet, but they can give you a good start:
http://bitbucket.org/alfonse/gltut/downloads?highlight=8970
http://duriansoftware.com/joe/An-intro-to-modern-OpenGL.-Table-of-Contents.html
It runs on exactly those platforms for which an implementation exists.
As for learning it, I suppose you should look for a decent book on the subject.
There are two tutorials I know of, both incomplete as of yet, but they can give you a good start:
http://bitbucket.org/alfonse/gltut/downloads?highlight=8970
http://duriansoftware.com/joe/An-intro-to-modern-OpenGL.-Table-of-Contents.html
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Does the implementation vary too much between platforms?
What is the next step down the ladder towards the lower level?
What is the next step down the ladder towards the lower level?
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