<s>
Cinder	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
programming	O
library	O
designed	O
to	O
give	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
language	I-Language
advanced	O
visualization	O
abilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
public	O
tool	O
in	O
spring	O
2010	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
viewed	O
in	O
many	O
ways	O
as	O
a	O
C++	B-Language
-based	O
alternative	O
to	O
tools	O
like	O
the	O
Java-based	O
Processing	B-Application
library	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Silverlight	I-Application
or	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
also	O
comparable	O
to	O
the	O
C++	B-Language
based	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
;	O
the	O
main	O
difference	O
is	O
that	O
Cinder	B-Language
uses	O
more	O
system-specific	O
libraries	O
for	O
better	O
performance	O
while	O
openFrameworks	B-Application
affords	O
better	O
control	O
over	O
its	O
underlying	O
libraries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Flash	O
and	O
Silverlight	B-Application
,	O
Cinder	B-Language
is	O
generally	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
non-browser	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
,	O
combined	O
with	O
the	O
speed	O
provided	O
by	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
makes	O
the	O
library	O
more	O
appropriate	O
for	O
heavily	O
abstracted	O
projects	O
,	O
including	O
art	O
installations	O
,	O
commercial	O
campaigns	O
and	O
other	O
advanced	O
animation	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
