I am rekindling my interest in opengl...should I or move on? ( Question)

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I own few years old "OpenGL Programming guide" book and have played with OpenGL - in Windows.
I need a refresh course, so I found this ( 5 years old article !)

An Introduction to OpenGL Programming | Linux Journal[^]

One of the comments , again 5 years old was " nobody codes graphic like this any more..."

So - should I move on to something else or check the latest version of OpenGL?
For Linux and C++.

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"One of the comments , again 5 years old was " nobody codes graphic like this any more..."

Posted 8-Mar-20 6:26am

Vaclav_

Updated 8-Mar-20 7:10am

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-08T07:11:00

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So a five year old comment is probably no longer relevant. I would suggest going to OpenGL - The Industry Standard for High Performance Graphics[^], and checking the current information.

Posted 8-Mar-20 7:11am

Richard MacCutchan