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CDL - C++ Development Library
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This library is intended to simplify development of any application, in
particular mathematical and graphical applications. One of my principal
concerns is portability. When using this library the same source code can
be compiled under Windows, Linux or Solaris and will produce exactly the
same output. The library is divided into the following modules:

Window
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A wrapper for opening OpenGL and buffered windows, these windows handle
all keyboard and mouse events internally. All windows created with this
class will be fixed size, at creation time the programmer can choose to
create the window normally or fullscreened.
There are some other options when creating the windows, such as hiding
the cursor or centering it permanently. The window interface is actually
very simple it hides all OS specific details, it is as optimized as
possible without loosing generality.

Image
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The image class is able to load and save images in a variety of formats,
including jpeg, png, tiff, tga, pcx, bmp, xpm and ppm. You can convert
between formats by just loading in one format and saving in another,
completly transparent to the programmer. This class also allows for some
basic image filtering (BLUR, SHARPEN, EMBOSS, etc), blending, converting
between color modes (GRAY, RGB, BGR, RGBA, etc), modulating, interlacing,
flipping, etc.

Util
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In this module I've included some of the most usefull but usually
unportable code to do all kinds of programs. Most of the classes included
in here are for multithreaded applications, and these include a class
Thread, Mutex and CondVar (Condition Variable). There are also classes for
streams (Stream, File, etc) and sockets for network programming (Socket).
I've also included a class to handle configuration files in a simple
yet powerfull manner, this class is called Variable, and it reads and
writes XML style files. Also a Timer class with milli second accuracy.

Math
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Well by the na me you've probably guessed what we have in this module,
but I'll list it anyway. A complex number class, a FFT class (Fast Fourier
Transform, and obviously its inverse, both in 1 and 2 dimensions), a
Quaternion class, a Random number class which can generate random numbers
in quite a few distributions (including Possion, Gaussian,etc). A vector
and matrix class, with optimized versions for 2, 3 and 4 dimensions. And
finally a set of geometry class for primitive intersection, with Ray,
Sphere, Plane, Polygon, etc).