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Is it possible to use OpenGL purely with C instead of C++? I am wanting to make sure there won't be any problems with my using C and not C++. OpenGL does not depend on any C++ libraries right?

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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL, Written in: C - I almost feel like saying UTSE, but that doesn't seem in the spirit of SE. – Daniel Aug 3 '11 at 7:03
@Daniel It might be in the spirit of SE when the downvote button says "This question does not show any research effort" on the alt-text. – Jonathan Hobbs Aug 3 '11 at 11:28
The research effort was spent looking at C++ tutorials and seeing none for C. – Storm Kiernan Aug 3 '11 at 15:10
possible duplicate of Do I need to learn C++ to use Open GL? – Joe Wreschnig Aug 4 '11 at 8:11

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Yes, in fact OpenGL is a C library. You can perfectly use it with C.

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Note that the normative standard documents do not use the syntax of the C headers/bindings in the text, and explicitly says that implementations are free to use any kind of naming convention. OpenGL import libraries are probably in C due to historical reasons and due to that C is the language that FFI or interop functionality tends to consume. Technically, a vendor could deploy an OpenGL library in any language, but by convention the OS/vendor interface is the common C one. – Lars Viklund Aug 3 '11 at 19:24
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OpenGL can be used in C. Some libraries can't, though. For example if you want to use GLM you will have to use C++ instead of C.

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