In article <3B1875F1.645BC24C@pacbell.net>, Ken <tyl### [at] pacbellnet> 
wrote:

> How many people do you personaly know (shut up, Ron) that 
> can hand code a single bezier patch ?

<Raises hand...>
It's not that hard, really...easier than meshes.


> Even if the syntax were simplified to the maximum extent their 
> complexity of use would still far surpass the difficulty of use of a 
> simple bezier patch.

True. But they would be useful when automatically generated by macros, 
or as output from GUI modellers. One clear advantage: it would be 
possible to do some of the tesselation at render-time, so memory could 
be saved and visible "facets" minimized.

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