Re: [Haskell-cafe] GLUT, FLGW, FLGW-b

Thanks, Jason What makes you prefer GLFW-b instead GLFW? On 12 December 2013 19:15, Jason Dagit wrote:

On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Sven Panne wrote:

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2013/12/12 Vlad Lopatin :

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I keep reading (wiki) that GLUT is a legacy package and some libraries (e.g. GLFW) are meant to replace it. I also see that some of the GLUT functionality is based on fixed pipeline. What is the current status of Haskell GLUT? Is it 'to stay' or something that is going to be deprecated at some point? Should one try replacing it with GLFW(-b) in a project, if fixed pipeline is not expected to be used?

I think this really depends on your needs: GLUT was designed as a simple cross-platform API for OpenGL demos and tutorials, perhaps even some programs of medium complexity.

I prefer GLFW-b for cross platform programs for the simple reason that on windows GLUT requires you to install a DLL and make sure it's in the path.

I prefer GLFW-b more generally because it's more modern, fully open source, and under active development. The license for GLUT is open in practice but it's not a clean open source license. I guess most people use freeglut instead.

Jason