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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: THERE's A BOOK??!
Date: 12 Nov 2025 10:55:00
Message: <web.6914ad7bc6218ff576d02faa25979125@news.povray.org>

I guess this must be David K. Buck's brother?

https://devtalk.com/books/the-ray-tracer-challenge

Dave wrote the foreword?

Did anyone know about this?

- BE

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From: kurtz le pirate
Subject: Re: THERE's A BOOK??!
Date: 12 Nov 2025 12:06:46
Message: <6914bea6$1@news.povray.org>

On 12/11/2025 16:53, Bald Eagle wrote:
> I guess this must be David K. Buck's brother?
> 
> https://devtalk.com/books/the-ray-tracer-challenge
> 
> Dave wrote the foreword?
> 
> Did anyone know about this?

yes, that's him. we can read it at the end of the foreword :
   David Buck
   Author of DKBTrace and Coauthor of POV-Ray
and that was back in 2019

-- 
kurtz le pirate
compagnie de la banquise

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From: Bald Eagle
Subject: Re: THERE's A BOOK??!
Date: 12 Nov 2025 12:30:00
Message: <web.6914c2fd4102bfb76d02faa25979125@news.povray.org>

Writeup:

https://medium.com/@jogrosso/the-ray-tracer-challenge-learning-c-through-computer-graphics-e45a68fb7cd5

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