#1917: 6.8.1 windows installer doesn't include GLUT
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Reporter: guest | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Compiler | Version: 6.8.1
Severity: normal | Resolution:
Keywords: | Testcase:
Architecture: Unknown | Os: Unknown
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Comment (by claus):
Replying to [comment:2 guest]:
> Replying to [comment:1 guest]:
> Speaking for myself (and who else could I speak for!) I've always rather
enjoyed the fact that haskell comes with a working openGL installation
out-of-the-box, and I think it would be sad if that is true on some
platforms but not others...
>
> I do take your point about commonness of use, though.
since you won't speak for myself, i'll have to!-) with `HGL` no longer
supported directly, `OpenGL/GLUT` is the last standard graphics lib combo
for haskell. Sven has always kept the bindings up to date, so they are
actually a big plus for haskell. `Gtk2hs` is a lot bigger than `GLUT`, and
there is no standard as to which GUI lib to support (the standard haskell
gui lib is wxhaskell, according to some long-gone gui force and a haskell
workshop vote), so supporting `GLUT` as a minimal starter system for
`OpenGL` that works out of the box on all platforms makes a lot of sense,
i think. the only thing that keeps me from using it continuously is the
rudimentary support for text..
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/1917#comment:4>
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