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  Re: JPovRay ... a Java port  
From: Jon A  Cruz
Date: 12 Oct 1999 23:33:42
Message: <3803FDD8.E015949B@geocities.com>
Nieminen Juha wrote:

>   Ok, ok, Java is not 100 times as slow as C, but at least 10 times, and you
> seldom have 10 computers to render your scene.

Actually, for full MPEG-2 decoding in pure Java, it's only about half as slow as
C. I guess the gap has been closing since you last checked  :-)

But still, I would recommend against doing raytracing with Java. And this is
coming from "Mr. Java". :-)

--
"My new computer's got the clocks, it rocks
But it was obsolete before I opened the box" - W.A.Y.


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