Re: OpenGL in Ada

[anon@att.net]

>
>I'm sorry, I wasn't aware we had a member of the OpenGL police present. 
>  Where do I go to pay my fine?  BTW, it appears the proper name is 
>OpenGL, not openGL :-).  Not that I'm picky.
>
>Maybe you ('Anon') ought to actually read the spec you mentioned.  The 
>following is a direct quote from that document:
>"The declarations shown in this document apply to ANSI C. Languages such 
>as C++ and Ada that allow passing of argument type information admit 
>simpler declarations and fewer entry points."
>(with reference to the GLxxxTypeInterface naming convention.)
>[http://www.opengl.org/registry/doc/glspec40.core.20100311.pdf]
>
>


May you should understand that people who use Ada know that the we do not 
want others try to destroy Ada by adding or modifying Ada without the RM 
direct allowance.  So, we as a group should be consider that other may 
feel the same way about openGL's RM or specifications.

And just like Ada uses prefer "Ada' the GL group prefer "openGL".


>What I've been using is the online v1.1 "Redbook" 
>[http://www.glprogramming.com/red/] - since ObjectAda (from Barnes' 
>book) uses that version (last I looked, GNAT/GTKAda didn't provide 
>OpenGL on windows).
>
>I've never tried figuring out OpenGL versions - right now the "current 
>edition of the Redbook" is version 2.1, but the same page points to 
>          a "Specification Version 4.0".  Whatever.