Golang game engine v2 released (opens in new tab)

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7 pointsnargella5y ago3 comments

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How do they not need a c compiler on windows. I don't see any immediate explanation, so I'll dig through the source code and report back.

oregontechninja5y ago

Looks like the glfw library is built for windows as a DLL and then packed as bytes into a go const and loaded at runtime! Cool beans, wish more people could appreciate how fun that is.

hajimehoshi5y ago

Yeah, that's right. Thank you for taking a look!

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oregontechninja5y ago

How do they not need a c compiler on windows. I don't see any immediate explanation, so I'll dig through the source code and report back.

oregontechninja5y ago

Looks like the glfw library is built for windows as a DLL and then packed as bytes into a go const and loaded at runtime! Cool beans, wish more people could appreciate how fun that is.

hajimehoshi5y ago

Yeah, that's right. Thank you for taking a look!

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