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    Question a question for the experts

    Hi there,

    I've recently managed to "master" C, but what i'm asking is where to go from here?
    I'm quite interested in graphics,compression and compiler construction but I dont know where to go to from here. Any advice,recommended readings from your side would be highly appreciated.

    Thank you in advance
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    Well since you are the 'master' you tell us.

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    I'd say go learn DirectX and OpenGL if you're interested in graphics.

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    thanks caduardo21. It may sound a bit silly but my question is how to make my own graphics libraries instead of using other packages?!!

    I know some may say "Why do you want to reinvent the wheel?" but I'm becoming quite interested in such levels of programming.

    any ideas?!!

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    Learn ASM that will send you on your way.
    Woop?

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    Well, I all I have to say to you is that you need to learn more about how graphics actually work. Do you realize that if you want to write your own graphics engine that uses hardware support, you have to get drivers from every graphics card manufacturor. DirectX isn't really using someone else's graphics package it is just letting you use the hardware. It is far from being a high level set of simple to use API's. You have a long way to go just to create a well-rounded, easy to use graphics library. It has also taken the DirectX developers about 10 years to come up with what they have today. If you really want to learn how to program on that low of a level, I reccomend finding a really old C book that uses the old header files. I would still tell you to learn DirectX first because you need to know quite a bit about the wheel before you can re-create it.
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    Don't quote me on that... ...seriously

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    Quote Originally Posted by prog-bman
    Learn ASM that will send you on your way.
    and C++ !!!

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    Right, because they never had graphics before C++ came along!

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    i meant learning c++ instead of raw graphics....

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