JEjeremejevs·Oct 5, 2018
mgl64 is generated from mgl32 though [0], so no big deal, no? Who's hurt by this?
[0] https://github.com/go-gl/mathgl#contributing
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4 sourcesThat exists, so we can look at at least one concrete attempt to evaluate the question. [https://github.com/go-gl/mathgl].
And right off the bat, the first thing a person notices is that there are two identical sub-libraries, mgl32 and mgl64, to work around the language's constraint that the core numeric type in the library cannot be parameterized at the language level without performance-losing reflection.
In Go hits the concurrency nail on the headThere is ongoing work, first we want to tackle golang.org/x/mobile/f32 and github.com/go-gl/mathgl, after that we can start thinking about GL bindings.
There is an open CL about it, but it's moving along very very slowly. :(
In Go-gl: Massive OverhaulThe code is really nice and clean [1], great job for someone's first Go project! I think it's a great example of how Go's simple and clean language design can lead more people to write high quality, readable code.
Question, I see you're using your own Vector and Matrix types and methods. Have you considered using an existing vector math library like mathgl [2]? Nothing wrong with your decision, I just wanted to hear your thoughts.
[1] http://gotools.org/github.com/fogleman/pt/pt
[2] http://godoc.org/github.com/go-gl/mathgl/mgl64
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