C Code Instead of memcpy

you know, it’s a shame that C is designed by ISO/IEC JTC1/SC22/WG14 and not the OpenGL Architecture Review Board. i’m sure we’d all rather write: glDisable(GL_MASKING); glEnableClientState(GL_SOURCE_DATA_ARRAY); glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0); glSourceDataPointer(1, gl::UNSIGNED_BYTE, 1, dst_ptr); glEnableClientState(GL_DESTINATION_DATA_ARRAY); glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, 0); glDestinationDataPointer(1, gl::UNSIGNED_BYTE, 1, src_ptr); glCopyBytes(0, num_bytes); if (glGetError() != 0) { // fuck } rather than memcpy(dst_ptr, src_ptr, size);

The meme contrasts a simple C memcpy call with an absurdly overcomplicated fake OpenGL-style sequence for copying bytes. The joke mocks verbose graphics APIs and suggests that programmers would suffer through needless setup, state changes, and an error check instead of using the straightforward standard-library function. EN: The meme contrasts a simple C memcpy call with an absurdly overcomplicated fake OpenGL-style sequence for copying bytes. The joke mocks verbose graphics APIs and suggests that programmers would suffer through needless setup, state changes, and an error check instead of using the straightforward standard-library function.

• @ithueti / 8667 2023-01-20