"Warp" <war### [at] tagpovrayorg> wrote:
>   It's better to use term "global illumination" (and if you want to be
> more specific, add "stochastic" before it) than "radiosity" when writing
> to not-only-povray groups to not to cause confusion.
>   "Radiosity" is the name of a specific algorithm (which has nothing to do
> with the algorithm used by POV-Ray) and the term is usually used in this
> meaning.

So, to sum it up, radiosity is a subset of global illumination, i.e., one of
the method or algorithm used in global illumination.  The context of
radiosity in POV-Ray means achieving the same effect but not implemented
using that particular "Radiosity" algorithm.  If that is the case, any
reason for the difference in implementation?

Daniel.

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