If C++ is so portable then why

If C++ is so portable then why don't all the vidya games work in Linux/BSD?

you just need to recompile it

C/C++ is compatible in Linux/BSD

See: Wine

The only things that aren't compatible are the system commands, for example: system("cls") within stdlib.h

Because: Different APIs, most libraries aren't portable, DirectX...

Because games are written in .NET.

It takes care so it's only worth to make it portable between stuff that might give some money back (PS3, 360, and hopefully Win32). Linux lacks some important stuff too, such as a modern 3D API (using D3D gets you in Windows and the 360, and the PS3 doesn't exactly use OpenGL and for best performance it's recommended to access the hardware directly anyway so it's not like you've got the Linux version done for you)

>>6
OpenGL used to be both faster and easier to program with compared to the DirectX API. Well, before DirectX 8 or 9, I guess.

>>7
You guessed correctly.

>>3-8
You helped him!

>>2-9
YHBT

PS3 doesn't exactly use OpenGL
lol

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