On 18 Jul 2000 05:56:22 -0400, Warp wrote:
>Peter Popov <pet### [at] usanet> wrote:
>: Because the rendered would have to find all intersections for every
>: object.
>
>  But that's what it currently does.
>  How can it know which one of the intersections is the closest one if it
>didn't?

Actually, it doesn't.  Meshes and isosurfaces, at least, can and do find the 
closest intersection without finding all the others.

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