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28 Jul 2024 22:26:11 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Radiosity: status & SMP idea  
From: clipka
Date: 22 Dec 2008 13:20:01
Message: <web.494fd941b480f792569d0e9f0@news.povray.org>
Darren New <dne### [at] sanrrcom> wrote:
> It's interpreted and dynamically typed, so it's certainly not something you
> want to try to write *fast* distributed code in. Erlang is distributed for
> reliability, not speed.  (And, FWIW, it's known to suck at floating point
> ops, too.)

Interestingly though, someone actually wrote a 3D modeller in that language.

However, this explains why Wings3D goes down to its knees when handling larger
models... which is a pity, because the user interface is exceptionally good.


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