Ray Gardener <ray### [at] daylongraphicscom> wrote:
> I'm currently investigating development of a
> scanline renderer, because the scenes I need
> to support (landscape scenes) typically contain
> too many objects for efficient raytracing.

  Could you profundize on this? What exactly is the difference between
scanline rendering and raytracing which makes the former better for
rendering a huge amount of objects?

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