Re: significance of graphics in c

On Feb 28, 9:35 am, "ais523" <ais...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
One major difference is that graphics can be done portably in Java,
but not in C. comp.lang.c is a newsgroup about portable C, so it won't
be able to help with graphics questions (a newsgroup suited to your
platform might be more helpful); however, for high-performance
graphics applications using mostly-portable C with some nonportable
bits for the graphics may still be a good idea.

Another major difference is that many platforms implement their
underlying graphics routines in C or C++, so the support for graphics,
including all the newest features you've seen, is likely to be there
in C and/or C++. On the other hand, the Java implementation may lag
by as much as several years. For example, I worked on a project in
2003 where the Java implementation on Macintoshes didn't have Cut &
Paste or printing support (as far as I know, this has been fixed).

Michael

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