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Seems Mr. Eberly is fond of configurations...
Yes, I am. Why are you surprised? Some folks want to link in static libraries, some folks want to use dynamic libraries. I provide debug and release versions of both. Some folks want to use OpenGL on Windows (wgl), others want DirectX. Some folks use Linux, some the Mac. And some folks want GLUT. Some applications do not need a window (my engine is not all about graphics). When you start adding up what *everyone* wants, you get a large number of configurations. I try to provide what folks want.
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So one beef I have with that is that his Release notes that shipped with the source code did not mention it.
Sigh... I'll try do to better. I keep hoping folks will be less critical when they realize the amount of effort it takes one person to maintain such a large code base for multiple platforms and multiple compilers. Guess I'll have to keep hoping.
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Is there any other reason than naming why Wild Magic version 3.0 which shipped with the book I just got and version 3.2 (from web site) changed Source to Foundation?
Because "Source" sounds so boring and nondescriptive? The Source folders do contain what I consider the foundation for everything else (graphics, image processing, numerical methods, computational geometry).