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Asked: 2026-06-07T18:08:23+00:00

I might not be searching for the correct terms, but I’ll try to explain

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I might not be searching for the correct terms, but I’ll try to explain what I am looking for (probably common).

In Windows to create a window you usually go through WinMain(), but not all platforms (Linux, OS X, etc) use this function as an entry point to the program.

While I know there are a lot of libraries out there, I’m more curious about the implementation for educational reasons and not looking for a 3rd party library to handle this for me.

The implementation of this is huge I’m sure, but I’m curious on a more abstract level, how would you write your entry point to be able to handle window creation on multiple platforms.

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  1. Editorial Team

    I’m curious on a more abstract level, how would you write your entry point to be able to handle window creation on multiple platforms.

    The entry point of a C++ program is main, and that is cross platform. After that, you will need to use the specific library you need to create the windows and anything else. Different platforms/libraries can provide a main function for you that will perform the initialization and then call a specific function (WinMain in the case of windows)

    You might want to take a look at this question regarding WinMain.

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