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In other words, it gives you a system wide way to override any APIs. As long as you are compatible with the ABI of course.
by bombela 6y ago
In other words, it gives you a system wide way to override any APIs. As long as you are compatible with the ABI of course.
- majewsky 6y agoAt the cost of probably making all APIs a bit less efficient. Now I wonder if any Plan 9 derivative offers a 3D rendering API?
- pjmlp 6y agoNo, and even for 2D it lacks acceleration.
- nix23 6y agoNot true: http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~412/lectures/2009-10-23_radeon.pdf http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~412/lectures/2009-10-23_radeon.pdf >>Provide 2D acceleration via the 3D engine.
- pjmlp 6y agoI stand corrected, however 2009 is already past the time I was paying attention to Plan 9.
- kragen 6y agoAs explained in the abstract of the paper I linked above, 8½, the Plan 9 window system, has supported 2-D acceleration since at least 01992. I also mentioned this in my comment, which additionally outlines how this acceleration support works across networks.