From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Delivered-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Received: from concorde.inria.fr (concorde.inria.fr [192.93.2.39]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id 06E23BC75 for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:38:32 +0100 (CET) Received: from furbychan.cocan.org (furbychan.cocan.org [80.68.91.176]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.0/8.13.0) with ESMTP id j1MNcVBh003895 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=NO) for ; Wed, 23 Feb 2005 00:38:31 +0100 Received: from rich by furbychan.cocan.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1D3jbq-0003hO-00 for ; Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:38:30 +0000 Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 23:38:30 +0000 Cc: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Cross-platform "Hello, World" graphical application in OCaml Message-ID: <20050222233830.GB13413@furbychan.cocan.org> References: <20050222120308.GA2975@furbychan.cocan.org> <200502221924.29080.jon@jdh30.plus.com> <20050222202426.GA25230@furbychan.cocan.org> <200502222123.31485.jon@jdh30.plus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200502222123.31485.jon@jdh30.plus.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Richard Jones X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 421BC277.000 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail.ensmp.fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; caml-list:01 ocaml:01 wrote:01 api:01 gtk:01 wxwindows:01 renderer:01 notepad:01 opengl:01 opengl:01 graphical:02 gui:04 generated:05 marketing:93 tue:06 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Level: On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 09:23:31PM +0000, Jon Harrop wrote: > Yes, if you're already using OpenGL then there are a lot of > advantages to having an OpenGL-based GUI. Even if you're not already > using OpenGL, it is the most cross-platform GUI-capable API and runs > on virtually any modern computer, typically with performance orders > of magnitude better than anything you'll get with Qt, GTK, WxWindows > or any other software renderer. This sounds like fun but all my client wanted was a boring old Windoze application with the standard look and feel. The only fancy part of it was the fact that it generated and updated some charts and graphs in real time. Rich. -- Richard Jones, CTO Merjis Ltd. Merjis - web marketing and technology - http://merjis.com Team Notepad - intranets and extranets for business - http://team-notepad.com