Graphics Library Utility Toolkit (GLUT)

OpenGL is platform independent but certain operations (like creating windows, receiving mouse clicks, resizing windows) are done differently over the many platforms supported by OpenGL. GLUT lets you write a single application that will compile and work on Windows, X11, MacOS, etc. GLUT is fairly limited and so it's more useful for simple demonstration programs rather than full blown applications or games.


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