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Objective-C for MacOS builds C++ for Windows APIs

A topic by ArtificeQuill created Jan 03, 2022 Views: 238 Replies: 3
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Hey there, just wanted to toss out there that for MacOS builds Objective-C is pretty much a requirement (even single header c libs like sokol use it). At the same time, I believe most Windows APIs to get a window and OpenGL/D3D context up use C++.

If anyone knows of a way to rely purely on C for those features, I’d love to hear about it :)

Anywhoozle, I figured if there’s a place to be pedantic it’s in the game jam about writing only in C. (Silly joke, love C).

Thanks! Love this jam idea!

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Hello, yes that's allowed, I'll clarify that, thanks!

You can create OpenGL contexts on Windows without C++. Not sure about DirectX, haven’t ever used it.

See this piece of code that I wrote: https://github.com/veridisquot/openmv/blob/master/core/src/platform_windows.c#L177.

Neat! Thank you for sharing this.