> But with mirrors etc. the number of normals to be stored would become HUGE,
> requiring massive amounts of memory. Monte Carlo sampling around the curent
> intersection would give nearly the same result.

Shouldn't be if you just store the normal at the intersection point of the
surface in question.  There could only be one normal per pixel, which I supposed
could create quite a few limitations.  Ah well, just a thought.

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