till213 / glsort

Visualises various sort algorithms using OpenGL. Implemented in C during my studies - this is code archaeology, folks :)

GLSort

Visualises various sort algorithms using OpenGL.

History

Originally implemented in C ("glsort") and then ported to C++ ("glsort2") during my studies as a fun project in the late 90ies - this is code archaeology, folks :)

It used "raw" OpenGL (2.x at best, I guess) and a GL utility library called GLUT:

https://www.opengl.org/resources/libraries/glut/glut_downloads.php#2

Quote: "Download the GLUT 3.7 beta source distribution (shift Left in Netscape)" - oh dear, you know that you are knee-deep in history when a website still mentions "Netscape" ;)

Original Screenshots

The following screenshots are from the original "glsort", running on Linux:

Plans

There are none. But perhaps the idea to:

• Make the code compile again (somehow)
• Get rid of the original makefiles (use CMake instead)
• Port it to "modern C++" and
• Perhaps use Qt as toolkit (I am sceptical about getting GLUT to work ;))