Xah Lee wrote: > Dear Jon Harrop, > > Thanks for the informative reply. > > I don't know OpenGL, but i think it is a low-level crap, and have done > the industry huge irreparable damage the same way unix has.
OpenGL is low level, that's right, but it is not crap. OpenGL is hardware independent, and is a true multiplatform standard. The difference between OpenGL and higher level libraries, like OpenInventor, it is similar to the difference between a low-level programming language like C and a higher level object-oriented language, IMHO. > I don't particular know OpenGL > as a low-level graphic system is a good one or not. (but it is probably > correct to assume that Microsoft's Direct3D is far more better designed > system at the same level) > Direct3D it is lower level than OpenGL, and usually needs more instructions than OpenGL to do the same things. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
