Re: [PyOpenGL-Users] PyOpenGL Deprecation & New Methods

[Greg E. <gre...@ca...>]

Mike C. Fletcher wrote:
> OpenGL is deprecating this
> functionality because for the broader market (read C programmers) it is
> of little or no use.

Yes, it's understandable from that point of view. It's just a
bit disappointing that they're ignoring the interpreted language
community.

> it's close to the same amount of work as creating a scenegraph engine
> that does what you want with direct C-level calls at native speed...
> which can be as flexible and optimized as you need for your particular
> rendering task

But making it optimised for your particular rendering task means
writing a new scenegraph engine for each application. Whereas a
display list is a very simple and general mechanism that can be
reused for many applications.

-- 
Greg