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wiz21
it compiles, but how does it run ?
S4M
Just edit the code, and if there are no compile errors, it will reload a new version. To make sure it works for you, load the example "Example01.lc" and change the color (the tuple at the end of the line). it should change the color displayed after a second or two.
vegabook
Does anything like this exist in Ocaml?
overgard
This is pretty fascinating, although superficially a lot of this seems more complex than just plain opengl. For example:

  clear = FrameBuffer $ (DepthImage @1 1000, ColorImage @1 navy)   -- ...
  mapFragments s fs = Accumulate colorFragmentCtx PassAll (\a -> FragmentOutRastDepth $ fs a) s clear
Compared with:

  glClearColor(...)
  glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT|GL_DEPTH_BUFFER_BIT)
State management is a nightmare in OpenGL, but that second chunk of code is a lot easier to wrap my head around even if it's objectively worse in a lot of ways. Still though, I'm waiting to see the language tutorial before I make up my mind. Looks interesting!
csabahruska
that OpenGL code is written like this in LambdaCube 3D:

  main = ScreenOut (FrameBuffer (ColorImage @1 (V4 0 1 0 1.0)))
or with depth + color buffer

  main = ScreenOut (FrameBuffer (DepthImage @1 1000, ColorImage @1 navy))