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From: bcorrie@csr (Brian  Corrie)
Subject: Re: QRT vs. DKB 2.10
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Date:  8 Apr 91 18:10:34 GMT

frank@morpheus.UUCP (Frank McPherson) writes:
>In article <1991Apr7.032659.23706@engin.umich.edu> gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu (Ralph Seguin) writes:
>>
>>The real question is: Has anybody ported PRT (Parallel Ray Tracer :)?
>>
>>Given a couple of machines, PRT will blow either of them away :)
>>Personally, I'm very fond of both QRT and DKB.  I am so glad that there are
>>people out there that are using YACC/BISON/LEX/FLEX to produce better
>>input languages to programs (something RayShade 3.0 was SERIOUSLY lacking in :).
>>What I'd like to see is a parallel version of DKB.  Hmmm... maybe if/when I
>>get X11 going on the Amiga, we'll have a PD socket library, then we can use
>>that for distributed processing... :)
>>
>>Ralph Seguin			gilgalad@caen.engin.umich.edu

>--
>How would the machines need to be connected to use PRT?  You know, it's
>really beginning to look like we should come up with a FAQ-type list for
>people interested in this sort of things.  FTP sites you can snag them
>from, etc.

>-- Frank McPherson		INTERNET: emcphers@fox.cs.vt.edu --

Check out the FAQ posting in comp.graphics. It has lots of ftp addresses where
graphics specific code can be found. In particular, weedeater.math.yale.edu
(130.132.23.17) has lots of great code, including some of the PD ray tracers.

	B

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                  Brian Corrie (bcorrie@csr.uvic.ca)
Under the most rigorously controlled conditions of pressure, temperature,
volume, humidity and other variables, the organism will do as it damn well
pleases. Sounds like some of the code I have written......  8-)
