Re: Why OpenGL 3.2 bindings
Thiago Negri <[email protected]> Wed, 16 Jan 2013 08:16:30 -0200
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--===============2809555415027731440== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=e89a8ff1c584302a1d04d3652d9a --e89a8ff1c584302a1d04d3652d9a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 I thought that newer versions were already spread out. Thanks for your answer, greatly appreciated. 2013/1/15 Myles C. Maxfield <[email protected]> > I'd say that OpenGL 3.2 is still the norm nowadays. Many graphics cards > out there don't support OpenGL 4.x (meaning: no hardware support for > tessellation). Mac OSX and Mesa both only support OpenGL 3.2. > > You can read the OpenGL 4.3 specifications "with changes marked" to see > what's different between the various releases. If you just want a synopsis, > check out Wikipedia at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenGL#OpenGL_4.0 . > > --Myles > > On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Thiago Negri <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello. >> >> I'm quite new to OpenGL, so I don't know all features available. >> The description of the OpenGLRaw package says it's a binding for OpenGL >> 3.2. >> On the official site, the 3.2 specification version is from 2009. [1] >> >> Why the Haskell binding uses version 3.2? >> What OpenGL features I'm missing by using Haskell instead of C? >> >> Thanks. >> >> [1] http://www.opengl.org/registry/ >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> HOpenGL mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hopengl >> >> > --e89a8ff1c584302a1d04d3652d9a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div style>I thought that newer versions were already spre= ad out.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Thanks for your answer, greatl= y appreciated.</div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quot= e"> 2013/1/15 Myles C. Maxfield <span dir=3D"ltr"><<a href=3D"mailto:myles.m= [email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]</a>></span= ><br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-le= ft:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I'd say that OpenGL 3.2 is still the norm nowadays. Many graphics cards= out there don't support OpenGL 4.x (meaning: no hardware support for t= essellation). Mac OSX and Mesa both only support OpenGL 3.2.<div><br></div> <div>You can read the OpenGL 4.3 specifications "with changes marked&q= uot; to see what's different between the various releases. If you just = want a synopsis, check out Wikipedia at=C2=A0<a href=3D"http://en.wikipedia= .org/wiki/OpenGL#OpenGL_4.0" target=3D"_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki= /OpenGL#OpenGL_4.0</a> .=C2=A0</div> <div><br></div><div>--Myles<br><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div><div cla= ss=3D"h5">On Tue, Jan 15, 2013 at 6:58 AM, Thiago Negri <span dir=3D"ltr">&= lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= </a>></span> wrote:<br> </div></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;bo= rder-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class=3D"h5"> <div dir=3D"ltr">Hello.<div><br></div><div>I'm quite new to OpenGL, so = I don't know all features available.</div><div>The description of the O= penGLRaw package says it's a binding for OpenGL 3.2.</div> <div>On the official site, the 3.2 specification version is from 2009. [1]<= /div><div><br></div><div>Why the Haskell binding uses version 3.2?</div><di= v>What OpenGL features I'm missing by using Haskell instead of C?</div> <div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>[1]=C2=A0<a href=3D"ht= tp://www.opengl.org/registry/" target=3D"_blank">http://www.opengl.org/regi= stry/</a></div><div><br></div></div> <br></div></div>_______________________________________________<br> HOpenGL mailing list<br> <a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]" target=3D"_blank">[email protected]= g</a><br> <a href=3D"http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hopengl" target=3D"_blan= k">http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hopengl</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div> </blockquote></div><br></div></div> --e89a8ff1c584302a1d04d3652d9a-- --===============2809555415027731440== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ HOpenGL mailing list [email protected] http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/hopengl --===============2809555415027731440==--