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Re: [Caml-list] Cross-platform "Hello, World" graphical application in OCaml
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Ken Rawlings
- Nicolas Cannasse
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Richard Jones
- Nicolas Cannasse
- Vincenzo Ciancia
- Sven Luther
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| From: | Nicolas Cannasse <warplayer@f...> |
| Subject: | Re: [Caml-list] Cross-platform "Hello, World" graphical application in OCaml |
> I think this would be the wrong direction to go. > > What I think would be useful is an OCaml wrapper around Gtk, Win32 and > Aqua/COCOA. The idea would be for the OCaml wrapper to abstract away > the differences, allowing cross-platform programming with native > widgets. WxWidgets fits the bill here, but the actual API is clunky. > I have a feeling that something could be done better with a functional > programming approach. > > Of course it's a lot of tedious engineering work. I'm not > volunteering! This is the thing I was trying to do with Osiris. I wrote an abstract layer that is implemented with Win32 API, and I was looking for someone willing to do the lablgtk port in order to get a cross-platform gui system but didn't find any interest in the topic. Regards, Nicolas Cannasse