On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 3:05 AM, Sven Panne <svenpanne@gmail.com> wrote:

2013/12/12 Vlad Lopatin <madjestic13@gmail.com>:

> 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