From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 X-Original-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr 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 46D1ABC0A for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:18:59 +0100 (CET) Received: from pih-relay05.plus.net (pih-relay05.plus.net [212.159.14.132]) by concorde.inria.fr (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l1QEIwxx013524 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 15:18:59 +0100 Received: from [80.229.56.224] (helo=beast.local) by pih-relay05.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1HLggm-0006yx-7s for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:18:52 +0000 From: Jon Harrop Organization: Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Crashing X.Org with lablgl Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2007 14:11:29 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 References: <20070226050151.35029.qmail@web30515.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <200702261047.11180.jon@ffconsultancy.com> <20070226112358.GA31833@snarc.org> In-Reply-To: <20070226112358.GA31833@snarc.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702261411.29162.jon@ffconsultancy.com> X-Miltered: at concorde with ID 45E2EC52.002 by Joe's j-chkmail (http://j-chkmail . ensmp . fr)! X-Spam: no; 0.00; lablgl:01 compiler:01 bindings:01 high-level:01 bindings:01 ocaml:01 ocaml:01 23,:98 frog:98 wrote:01 caml-list:01 glut:01 glut:01 compiling:02 opengl:02 On Monday 26 February 2007 11:23, you wrote: > It's definitively not an issue, OpenGL ABI is stable. > You can have problem on executing on the same machine with a random > quality driver. In my experience, compiling and executing on the same machine is far more robust (>99%) than moving between machines (~90%). Also, we're not just talking about OpenGL versions (which change regularly) but also GLU, glut/freeglut, (potentially) SDL, the linker and compiler as well as platform issues (e.g. 32-bit chroots). Problems often boil down to glut vs freeglut so I'd start there. I'm not sure what the solution is though. We really need just one decent glut-like library, complete bindings to it from OpenGL and safe high-level bindings. I'm a little disheartened that nobody replied to my post about GLCaml. Anyway, I'm writing the equivalent for F# right now... :-) -- Dr Jon D Harrop, Flying Frog Consultancy Ltd. OCaml for Scientists http://www.ffconsultancy.com/products/ocaml_for_scientists