[clean-list] Re: Accessing OpenGL functions

[Adrian Hey]

On Friday 14 February 2003 10:06, Erik Zuurbier wrote:
> Clean is not a toy for kids. It is a very high level programming language
> that works completely different from languages like C++. If your son is
> very persevering and bright, he might be able to make it. Clean's learning
> curve is far from steep: it may take anyone years to become fluent in using
> Clean.

Hello Erik,

Seem's like you're trying to put people off FPL's for life.
They aren't that difficult to learn and you shouldn't under
estimate 13 year olds :-)

As for the original question, I also have no idea how to access
OpenGL from Clean. (That doesn't mean it's impossible of course.)
You can do it in Haskell using HOpenGL..

	http://www.haskell.org/HOpenGL/

Whether either language (Clean or Haskell) is good for gaming
probably depends on the game in question. I think they'd be good
for games of "intellect" (like chess,go etc). But if you need top
notch real time arcade quality 3D graphics and sound effects
for alien zapping style games they might not be the best choice.

Regards
--
Adrian Hey