Dragging C++ into the Modern era

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A proposed Standard C++ 2D graphics API is nearly ready with a reference implementation on GitHub and a 160‑page paper; it exposes RGBA floats, templated point/matrix types and a math customization point for vendor backends (DirectX/Vulkan/OpenGL), a path builder, four brush types and 29 compositing operations, multiple pixel formats (RGB32/24/16/30), and surface/renderer customization. A playable Asteroids implementation exists and Asteroids demo runs on Windows after a brief Visual Studio hiccup; text and input handling remain unfinished.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 0:21Summary
3. 2:20Display
4. 4:17PDP
5. 5:41Uniscope 300
6. 7:07Pong
7. 8:16Pixel Maps
8. 9:33Atari 400
9. 10:00CG Aim
10. 10:38Extended Graphics Array
11. 11:59LCD Displays
12. 12:25HDMI Displays
13. 12:38Common objections
14. 14:59Be advised
15. 15:25Colour
16. 16:37Linear algebra
17. 17:03Geometry
18. 17:35Maths
19. 18:15Text
20. 20:03Brushes
21. 20:38Gradient Stop
22. 21:08Surface
23. 21:47Pixel
24. 22:32Property classes
25. 22:51Utility classes
26. 23:12Surfaces
27. 23:48Input
28. 26:27Path Builder
29. 27:49Drawing
30. 28:22Back to work
31. 29:45Quadratic
32. 30:33Bezier
33. 30:49Scaling
34. 31:41Translation
35. 32:29Asteroids
36. 34:58Visual Studio
37. 38:09Radius
38. 38:21Physics
39. 39:37Asteroid
40. 39:49Ship
41. 40:29Input function
42. 40:42Windows
43. 41:17Stadium
44. 41:43Geometry algorithms
45. 42:12Inline implementations
46. 42:29Intersex
47. 43:24Path Buffer
48. 44:10Physics Update
49. 44:48Constraint Functions
50. 45:47Clocks
51. 47:02Newtonian Physics
52. 48:05Acceleration
53. 48:29Time
54. 48:50Collision
55. 49:23Destroy
56. 49:59Draw
57. 51:28Games
58. 51:58Human Machine Interface
59. 52:37Questions

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