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Ari Braginsky
Ari Braginsky

Reputation: 926

EAGL: What does it stand for exactly?

I forget, but does EAGL stand for anything specific? Or is it just part of the Core Animation OpenGL naming convention (CAEAGLLayer, etc.)?

Upvotes: 17

Views: 7820

Answers (3)

Kristopher Johnson
Kristopher Johnson

Reputation: 82565

"AGL" is the name of Apple's OpenGL extensions for OS X. I believe "EAGL" is an abbreviation for "Embedded AGL" or "ES AGL.

Alternatively, EAGL is Apple's version of EGL. "EGL" officially refers to the "Khronos Native Platform Graphics Interface", but earlier versions of the spec referred to it as "Embedded-System Graphic Library". So perhaps the correct answer is that EAGL means "Embedded-System Apple Graphics Library".

Upvotes: 46

neeraj
neeraj

Reputation: 1221

http://db-in.com/blog/2011/02/khronos-egl-and-apple-eagl/

"..t the EGL API and the EAGL (the EGL API implemented by Apple)..."

Upvotes: -1

yokks
yokks

Reputation: 5773

might be Apple's Embedded Graphics Library

Upvotes: 1

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