Image format libraries, raytracers and stuff

[Stewart Gordon]

James Dunne wrote:
> Stewart Gordon wrote:
<snip>
>> And I see the other WaveFront format is .mod, which is what the 
>> Fortrash compilers I've used use for module information files.
> 
> .MOD to me means an Amiga multi-track music sequence file. 

That reminds me.  OUAT there was a sound card that included in its 
bundled Windows software a program called Modus, which IIRC played .mod 
files.

> Hey, even DOC used to mean plain-text document back in DOS.

And some programs would even use filename extensions that are already 
used by programs that ship with the OS on which they run.  For example, 
IIRC Windows Paint, Freelance Graphics and Paint Shop Pro all use .pal 
for their palette files, but they're different file formats.  And 
wxCLIPS uses .clp even in its Windows version, whereas .clp is also a 
Windows clipboard image.

Also, some filename extensions are deliberately chosen to confuse.  For 
example, see

http://esoteric.sange.fi/orphaned/bak/

> ...and what's so bad about Fortran (if I assume correctly that Fortrash 
> is derived from)?
<snip>

I guess it just doesn't have all the power of D I'm used to.

OK, so built-in vector arithmetic is one of the few good things about it....

Stewart.

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