Re: Needed: GL calls from LISP?

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From: Fernando Mato Mira
Date: Thu, 24 Dec 1992 13:14

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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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