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- From: matomira@di.epfl.ch (Fernando Mato Mira)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi.graphics
- Subject: Re: Needed: GL calls from LISP?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec24.141437@di.epfl.ch>
- Date: 24 Dec 92 13:14:36 GMT
- References: <1992Dec20.210239.18529@Princeton.EDU> <tsrgri0@zuni.esd.sgi.com>
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- In article <tsrgri0@zuni.esd.sgi.com>, gold@puck.esd.sgi.com (Michael Gold) writes:
- >
- > There are several common lisps available for SGI, including but not
- > limited to Allegro CL (Franz Inc.), Lucid, and KCL. I know Allegro
- > has a GL interface, I'm not sure about the others.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- But take into account the following conversation I had with Franz Inc.:
-
- >> I have started using the interface provided by you and have noticed that
- >> it is quite incomplete. We have the 17-May-90 version. Is there a newer one
- >> which takes into account the VGX features?
-
- >We have not done much work on the iris-gl interface, I am sorry to
- >say. However, the reason we include the source code in our
- >distribution is so that our users can play with and extend the
- >interface.
-
- So if you get some "undefined function" error you'll know why.
- If you want to run your program on non-SGI machines, check the LGL package (like
- GL, but in LISP).
-
-
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