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About the IMGUI Paradigm
Dear ImGui: Bloat-free Graphical User interface for C++ with minimal dependencies - ocornut/imgui
The acronym is misleading because "immediate-mode" was initially coined as a reference to obsolete graphics API which made it very easy to render contents. I think this has something to do with how simple the IMGUI concept is, as it leads people to think they understand it, and then they proceed to get into heated arguments as if they actually know what they’re talking about. The fact that we are even trying to put an official definition to a label is hindering people's imagination about the many possible areas of researches to be done in UI space.
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